:01:15. > :01:19.open. Snooker, I absolutely love it. So it's a weekend off for the Six
:01:20. > :01:25.Nations, but there's still plenty did -- to discuss. How have Wales
:01:26. > :01:30.started, will they make changes and can they win the championship? We
:01:31. > :01:35.went to the principality stadium to discuss. Two weeks under our belt,
:01:36. > :01:39.what do you think of the Welsh performances? I haven't been that
:01:40. > :01:43.disappointed. I know they drew the first game against Ireland but they
:01:44. > :01:48.did a fairly good job. The intent is there to play and they will get
:01:49. > :01:51.better and better. They are still starting a little bit slow, but I
:01:52. > :01:57.think we'll see a vast improvement in the next three games. It's a
:01:58. > :02:01.difficult one, it's a bit of an anti-climax. I was in Dublin and
:02:02. > :02:07.Wales were the favourites. Ireland were decimated by injuries. Its
:02:08. > :02:11.single I can anti-climax. I talked to Sam Warburton after the match and
:02:12. > :02:15.he was disappointed. He thought they could have snatched it and it was a
:02:16. > :02:21.great opportunity, but you have to applaud Ireland. Wales had uphill
:02:22. > :02:26.battle to come back and they did well. That's testament to the morale
:02:27. > :02:29.and the ethos within the squad. All in all, good performance, but it
:02:30. > :02:35.wasn't a win. But Wales will improve.
:02:36. > :02:43.A negative was losing Dan, but it was a pretty good positive for the
:02:44. > :02:47.substitute to come on and play the way he did. It is great now to have
:02:48. > :02:56.two players fighting for that Jersey. I know Dan is the number-1
:02:57. > :03:00.talent, but Rhys come off the bench full of form. And you want to see
:03:01. > :03:05.that. It will bring the best out of each other. What did you think of
:03:06. > :03:13.the Wales and Scotland match? I'm not quite sure that they are the
:03:14. > :03:19.team everyone thinks they are. They scared Wales and I think for a good
:03:20. > :03:26.30 or 40 minutes me too. But Wales have that quality on the field. They
:03:27. > :03:32.have winners and the biggest plus is the quality and standard of the
:03:33. > :03:36.bench. Scotland did not have that whatsoever. Absolutely. I was
:03:37. > :03:42.impressed with the way that JB Roberts has conducted. He has come
:03:43. > :03:48.away with man of the match, rightly so. -- Jamie Roberts. How would you
:03:49. > :03:53.think he plays? His form has been brilliant and I feel a lot of
:03:54. > :03:58.batters down to you nurturing him. Standard. Developing him as a
:03:59. > :04:02.player. Jamie seems to me, the more he he loses, the better player he
:04:03. > :04:09.becomes. At the moment, he is on fire. He is trying to be you, Tom.
:04:10. > :04:13.But his carrying ability and hit comedy gets in the game
:04:14. > :04:20.straightaway. Some of them have been plundering and it is a massive plus
:04:21. > :04:25.to be way Wales want to play. Do you think that will make any changes to
:04:26. > :04:33.the French game? You do not change a winning team. Has the back row
:04:34. > :04:38.worked together? I like the combination. If you want to play a
:04:39. > :04:44.wider and faster game, you have to have speed. It depends on the way he
:04:45. > :04:51.wants to approach it. I think he will stick with the same team. What
:04:52. > :04:56.do you make of France? I think it is a good position. They have been
:04:57. > :05:02.rusty, but they are coming on in a positive way. I led her to beauty
:05:03. > :05:09.products -- island had to go to Paris and when. If Wales wants to
:05:10. > :05:16.get that big scalp against England in Twickenham, we do not want to
:05:17. > :05:30.fall this hurdle. How do you see the game going on Friday evening? The
:05:31. > :05:35.team looks good. The first try. That is a big call to throw in a player
:05:36. > :05:41.who hasn't played the rugby 15th in two years. I am a little bit
:05:42. > :05:44.worried. The downpour to France is the uncertainty at halfback. They
:05:45. > :05:49.seem to have different halfbacks every single year. It is difficult
:05:50. > :05:54.to build a team on that. There are weaknesses. But they are there to
:05:55. > :05:59.play. And as soon as they get their tails up, anything can happen. Wales
:06:00. > :06:04.need to be positive on that. Wales need to sort down the breakdown
:06:05. > :06:10.area. A war of attrition and that sort of area. Get the runners
:06:11. > :06:15.running around and try, if he is going to keep the same team, get
:06:16. > :06:22.people involved. Looking in that crystal ball, who do you think on
:06:23. > :06:27.March 19, will be crowned champions? I think if Wales can win, which I
:06:28. > :06:33.think they well against France, I think it puts it all up for grabs
:06:34. > :06:38.between Wales and England. That will be a great conclusion to the six
:06:39. > :06:43.Nations. I think Wales have got a fantastic opportunity. I have seen
:06:44. > :06:48.England play. But I think they are still a little bit scrappy. But I
:06:49. > :06:52.think Wales should have enough firepower to go up to Twickenham and
:06:53. > :06:56.take another scalp. I think the winner will come down to that
:06:57. > :07:03.England and Wales battle at Twickenham. I would love to see Ford
:07:04. > :07:07.and Farrell playing together. England had look fairly dangerous in
:07:08. > :07:14.attack. It will be a huge game. I think Wales will do it. Thank you
:07:15. > :07:23.very much for coming around and sharing your thoughts. Bring your
:07:24. > :07:27.boots. Nice one. To Swansea city and no much for them either this
:07:28. > :07:35.weekends, so a perfect opportunity for me to catch up with their new
:07:36. > :07:40.boss Francesco Guidolin. Good to meet you. How is life in Swansea?
:07:41. > :07:52.How are you settling in? I like Swansea. I like people and I am
:07:53. > :08:06.happy to be here. But my job is... A difficult job and I hope to do my
:08:07. > :08:11.job well. And to have a good last part of the season, because our
:08:12. > :08:19.table is not good now. But I am confident and positive for the
:08:20. > :08:24.future. People want you to do well. People are willing Swansea to
:08:25. > :08:28.survive and to stay up. How difficult is it, where Swansea are
:08:29. > :08:37.at the moment? We are worried a little bit, but I think we have the
:08:38. > :08:42.possibility, characteristics and quality is to survive the season.
:08:43. > :08:53.Are you worried about your two next games? High flyers? Spurs and
:08:54. > :08:59.Arsenal? My opinion is we have three months of battle. Yes, difficult
:09:00. > :09:09.battle, but I concentrated match by match. And now we have... And it is
:09:10. > :09:13.a very difficult match, but I am focused only on this much. Swansea,
:09:14. > :09:21.the Premier League, it has made such a difference to this town and to
:09:22. > :09:27.Welsh football. Do you get a sense, do you understand, how important it
:09:28. > :09:32.is to this city and to Wales? That Swansea are only Premier League? I
:09:33. > :09:41.think for Welsh people, it is very, very important to stay in the
:09:42. > :09:53.Premier League. I think Swansea is... The pride. The pride, one of
:09:54. > :10:02.them of Wales. And, yes, I think it is very important for this country
:10:03. > :10:07.to have a team in the Premier League. Are you happy here? Do you
:10:08. > :10:15.like Swansea? Do you like being here? Yes, I like to walk and this
:10:16. > :10:19.is a country fantastic for walking, for running. For cycling as well. I
:10:20. > :10:25.know you love cycling, it is a great passion of yours and you are a great
:10:26. > :10:30.fan of Geraint Thomas. Yes, I am. And I hope to meet him. We wish you
:10:31. > :10:35.all the best with Swansea city for the rest of the season. Good luck.
:10:36. > :10:54.Good luck. There's only 168 goes until -- days
:10:55. > :10:58.to go until the Olympics. Athletes are battling through qualification
:10:59. > :11:02.to make the cut. Only three women have ever won gold in history of the
:11:03. > :11:11.games. Cathy Williams went to meet one of our leading ladies hoping for
:11:12. > :11:19.success. Irene stare became the first Welsh female to win an Olympic
:11:20. > :11:29.gold medal back in 1912. Another followed and Jade Jones in 2012.
:11:30. > :11:34.Will Rio produce another? One athlete is fighting through her way
:11:35. > :11:39.to make history. And the first to compete in her sport, she hopes.
:11:40. > :11:45.Paris is the biggest Grand Slam of them all. It was the equivalent of
:11:46. > :11:49.the worlds. Natalie Powell is the favourite for Olympic selection this
:11:50. > :11:54.year and she is determined not to let history repeat itself. In 2012,
:11:55. > :11:57.she was cruelly dropped in favour of her GB rival Gemma Givens. Do you
:11:58. > :12:02.remember what you are feeling when you missed out on that place? It was
:12:03. > :12:06.just really disappointing, but I think the fact we had only been
:12:07. > :12:10.training for six months made it a little bit easier to deal with. If I
:12:11. > :12:13.had been training for four years and put everything into it and then
:12:14. > :12:17.missed out, I think it would be harder. I remember having dinner
:12:18. > :12:21.with Gemma and Natalie and in my search notes I had said that we
:12:22. > :12:28.should take Natalie, because she is the future. And that went down like
:12:29. > :12:32.a lead with Gemma. And I'm glad that the rest of the selectors didn't
:12:33. > :12:36.agree, because Gemma won a medal. Now I am working with Natalie and
:12:37. > :12:40.hopefully she can deliver the same. I knew at the time she was the
:12:41. > :12:45.better player, so it was fine. I was gutted, but I knew that I had a lot
:12:46. > :12:49.more to give. Two years after her Olympic disappointment, Natalie was
:12:50. > :12:55.challenged by Gemma once again. This time in Commonwealth Games final. I
:12:56. > :12:58.remember, just before the final, of people said they expected Gemma
:12:59. > :13:02.would step up and deliver the big performance. I had an inkling that
:13:03. > :13:06.actually Natalie was going to be a big performer. She stepped up in
:13:07. > :13:10.those times. If I am honest, she is such a nice girl, but she's a
:13:11. > :13:14.different person on competition day. To win win the gold is always been a
:13:15. > :13:18.massive goal of mine. To get to the final and do it the way it happened,
:13:19. > :13:22.yes, that was really, really special.
:13:23. > :13:30.The following year, 2015, you made history at the Masters. Tell me
:13:31. > :13:35.about that. That's by far the biggest achievement of my career so
:13:36. > :13:39.far. I took a massive step forward. Although I knew I could fight at
:13:40. > :13:43.that level, it showed me I can perform at that level and I am
:13:44. > :13:47.capable of doing it. But late last year her fitness was in doubt when
:13:48. > :13:53.she suffered a knee injury while competing for Team GB. It sucked.
:13:54. > :14:01.It's part of being an athlete. You get injuries. I'd had a tough year,
:14:02. > :14:04.I've competed most weekends and it was my body telling me to have a
:14:05. > :14:07.rest. The medical staff at sport Wales are fantastic and the second
:14:08. > :14:12.she was ready, she was back on the mat. So for the Commonwealth
:14:13. > :14:17.champion, there's just one more hurdle before getting a plane ticket
:14:18. > :14:22.to Rio. If she focuses on the Europeans and she wins that, which
:14:23. > :14:27.she is capable of doing, she'll definitely go to Rio. Seven of the
:14:28. > :14:31.world's top ten are European so if you wins the Europeans, she'll go to
:14:32. > :14:36.the Olympics knowing she can win that as well. If she wins the
:14:37. > :14:41.Europeans, it's all systems go. What would it mean to you to get that
:14:42. > :14:45.place and go to Rio? It's been everything I've been striving for
:14:46. > :14:50.for the last four years. I've been concentrating on it every day.
:14:51. > :14:52.Everything is tailored towards it. That's all I'm looking at. I haven't
:14:53. > :14:55.seen the other option of not going. If you made a list of Welsh sporting
:14:56. > :14:58.greats, Colin Jackson would be It was his birthday this week
:14:59. > :15:02.so we sent his friend, Christian Malcolm, along
:15:03. > :15:05.to his house to celebrate. Colin, you finally
:15:06. > :15:25.invite me to your house. I know, it's been a very long time,
:15:26. > :15:30.but yeah, you've made it here. Your Olympic history -
:15:31. > :15:44.you've won a little bit over the years, a couple
:15:45. > :15:46.of European Championships, World Championships,
:15:47. > :15:51.Olympic silver medal. What has Colin Jackson,
:15:52. > :16:00.the legend, won? We've got Olympic silver medal,
:16:01. > :16:03.two World Championship golds, two World Championship silvers,
:16:04. > :16:06.one World Championship bronze, one world record over 110 hurdles
:16:07. > :16:09.that's lasted for ten years, and you've still got
:16:10. > :16:13.the indoor record. One indoor gold, three
:16:14. > :16:16.world indoor silvers, three Commonwealth golds,
:16:17. > :16:18.four European gold medals and three So what happened
:16:19. > :16:25.in your career, mate? I got a couple of
:16:26. > :16:32.Commonwealth medals. European indoor gold,
:16:33. > :16:35.European indoor silver. The only thing I missed
:16:36. > :16:37.was the Olympics. You did all right, no,
:16:38. > :16:39.you did all right! I was blessed, I was
:16:40. > :16:49.blessed, I was blessed! Were you happy,
:16:50. > :16:55.disappointed with that? You're so competitive,
:16:56. > :17:03.I know what you're like. I'd won the World Championship
:17:04. > :17:05.bronze medal the year before so for me it was kind
:17:06. > :17:08.of like anything I got above a bronze was going to be
:17:09. > :17:14.a great performance. Kingdom is going to win it
:17:15. > :17:18.and Jackson is going Kingdom wins it, Jackson second
:17:19. > :17:22.and Campbell in third. It was exciting because it was my
:17:23. > :17:26.first Olympic Games. I think when you go to a major
:17:27. > :17:29.championships like an Olympic Games in a brand-new culture,
:17:30. > :17:32.you get the total experience of what the Olympic Games
:17:33. > :17:34.can really be like. You're meeting new people,
:17:35. > :17:38.you're in a village. It was really cool, but also,
:17:39. > :17:41.you can imagine I was thinking, in four years, I'm
:17:42. > :17:43.going to take the gold. The expectation, Barcelona,
:17:44. > :17:48.the next Olympics, was gold. McKoy wins it, McKoy
:17:49. > :19:51.is the Olympic champion. That would be one
:19:52. > :19:55.of the good things. Dai Greene has been world champion,
:19:56. > :19:59.we know what he's capable of. He's been just shy of the British
:20:00. > :20:01.record on a couple of occasions It would be good to see
:20:02. > :20:06.if he could get back truly on the international stage
:20:07. > :20:08.and raise his game to be up there, We know she had a cracking indoor
:20:09. > :20:15.season last year and she's started this indoor season
:20:16. > :20:20.really well as well. David Omoregie, your event,
:20:21. > :20:23.great hurdler, great talent, everybody saying he will be
:20:24. > :20:25.the next Colin Jackson. Yeah, a lot of people have been
:20:26. > :20:28.comparing David with me because of his success as a junior
:20:29. > :20:32.and coming through in that sense. He's been injured, as we know,
:20:33. > :20:35.and those injuries can hold you back, especially when you're
:20:36. > :20:38.doing a technical event. Because you are trying
:20:39. > :20:40.to learn a skill. The good thing about high hurdling,
:20:41. > :20:44.though, you can get to the age of 31, 32 and be still at your
:20:45. > :20:48.best and progressing. Have faith in the young boy
:20:49. > :20:51.because I think he's got the skills and the attributes that a good
:20:52. > :20:55.high hurdler requires. Colin, there is something
:20:56. > :20:57.I'd like to say. You look so young, you look
:20:58. > :21:01.like you haven't aged I heard it was your
:21:02. > :21:06.birthday this week. Yes, it was my birthday
:21:07. > :21:09.yesterday, actually. All I can say is congratulations
:21:10. > :21:23.and happy birthday from Sport Wales. And thank you for inviting
:21:24. > :21:25.me into your house. Snooker now and the Welsh Open
:21:26. > :21:45.reaches its climax this weekend with the final being
:21:46. > :21:48.played on Sunday. Mark Williams is the only Welshman
:21:49. > :21:52.to have ever won it, So we sent an old friend of his,
:21:53. > :22:04.Pritchard from Dirty Sanchez, We've got all the world's
:22:05. > :22:11.best players here today. We've got O'Sullivan
:22:12. > :22:13.stirring it up again. We've got my mate, Mark Williams,
:22:14. > :22:16.playing the world number one. Do you think I've got
:22:17. > :22:29.the right foundation? You've got quite a good record
:22:30. > :22:56.with Selby, haven't you? Played him quite a few times when he
:22:57. > :23:05.was a youngster coming through. I played him a few
:23:06. > :23:10.months ago and beat him. If you beat him now,
:23:11. > :23:13.who could you go through to play? There he is, big crybaby,
:23:14. > :23:43.Ronnie O'Sullivan. I'm here with Mark
:23:44. > :23:50.Williams' wife and son. How do you reckon he's
:23:51. > :23:53.going to get on today? Well, hopefully he'll do OK,
:23:54. > :23:56.playing against Selby so it will be Apparently he's actually beaten
:23:57. > :24:02.Selby more than Selby What do you think
:24:03. > :24:12.the score might be? Here he comes - the man,
:24:13. > :24:22.the myth, Mark Williams. He didn't even say hello
:24:23. > :24:36.to me, cheeky git! Michael White has led
:24:37. > :24:39.the way for Wales early on. The young man into
:24:40. > :24:42.the quarterfinals here. Let's find out if the veteran,
:24:43. > :24:44.Mark Williams, can join him as he faces the world
:24:45. > :24:48.number one, Mark Selby. Mark Williams, with 58,
:24:49. > :25:05.secures the first frame. Oh, mind you, just when he had
:25:06. > :25:36.the game at his mercy! I think Williams has given him
:25:37. > :25:43.a few too many chances. Tell me about the game,
:25:44. > :25:51.what happened? I just missed three
:25:52. > :25:56.simple balls that you... Well, maybe not you
:25:57. > :26:02.I had VIP seats, I was there watching.
:26:03. > :26:19.Who said snooker isn't rock and roll?
:26:20. > :26:23.Don't forget you can keep up with the latest from the Welsh Open
:26:24. > :26:27.all weekend here on the BBC, starting straight after this.
:26:28. > :26:29.Stay tuned for quarterfinal action with our very
:26:30. > :26:36.We're back next Thursday when we'll look ahead to Friday's Six Nations