:00:20. > :00:30.Who will win Sport Personality of the Year?
:00:31. > :00:40.Ryan Giggs has won it before, but there's one thing he wasn't able
:00:41. > :00:46.to achieve. From Premier League to Welsh Premier:
:00:47. > :00:55.We catch up with Swansea City cult hero, Alan Tate.
:00:56. > :01:00.I wouldn't pay any money to knock ten years back off and go back to
:01:01. > :01:03.23. And we put
:01:04. > :01:05.the Seven Sisters girls through Well the countdown has begun, Monday
:01:06. > :01:13.the 7th of December, the day we'll be celebrating the many achievements
:01:14. > :01:16.in Welsh sport over the last 12 months, and of course announcing
:01:17. > :01:42.the winner of BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2015.
:01:43. > :01:48.Eight heroes. Eight inspirations. This man's schools have led as to
:01:49. > :01:54.the Urals. A superstar for the Elmer Dredd. A superstar for his country.
:01:55. > :02:01.Gareth Bale netted seven goals. He was named Wales Player of the Year,
:02:02. > :02:18.players Player of the Year, and fans Player of the Year.
:02:19. > :02:23.Cup. Man of the Match performance in the
:02:24. > :02:46.victory over England for Dan Biggar. And deplored 12 semifinal.
:02:47. > :02:53.Aled Sion Davies, a double Paralympic gold medallist in 2012.
:02:54. > :02:59.This year he became a double world champion. He threw a world record
:03:00. > :03:12.distance to win the F42 discus and a championship record in the shot put.
:03:13. > :03:17.She is known as the head hunter. Jade Jones aims high. She was only
:03:18. > :03:24.the third bullet to win a medal at the inaugural European games and one
:03:25. > :03:32.Grand Prix goals. She is world number one. You will be able to vote
:03:33. > :03:37.by phone or text for the candidate of your choice from next Monday
:03:38. > :03:40.morning until Saturday evening the 5th of December. All details are
:03:41. > :03:44.available on our website. So that's the first four
:03:45. > :03:47.and we'll take a look at the other But now, to someone who's won
:03:48. > :03:51.the award twice. He's also won just
:03:52. > :03:53.about everything there is to win in football with one notable
:03:54. > :04:06.exception, it's Mr Ryan Giggs. He is the most decorated player in
:04:07. > :04:11.British footballing has to be having one no fewer than 34 trophies. But
:04:12. > :04:16.Ryan Giggs never appeared in a major tournament with Wales. It is a
:04:17. > :04:21.disappointment but at the end of the day the teams that I played and were
:04:22. > :04:29.not good enough. We came close twice but we did not quite get there. To
:04:30. > :04:34.say it no happen is great for me and obviously great for the players who
:04:35. > :04:40.did miss out. But I would not change my career. I had a great career.
:04:41. > :04:45.Obviously I would have liked to have played in a World Cup or European
:04:46. > :04:50.Championships but it was not to be. The man who led Wales to the
:04:51. > :04:54.promised land is a former team-mate of Ryan Giggs. Chris Coleman
:04:55. > :05:01.achieved what many who had came before had failed to do.
:05:02. > :05:05.It started off with the likes of John Toshack giving young players a
:05:06. > :05:21.chance. Now those players are turning into world-class players.
:05:22. > :05:26.Gary speed is taking up the mantle. And now Wales have got to a major
:05:27. > :05:30.championship. He has created a lead team environment. They look a proper
:05:31. > :05:35.team. They look like they are enjoying it and are playing with
:05:36. > :05:40.freedom. It is a great achievement because we have not done it for so
:05:41. > :05:44.long. As Ryan Giggs was highly up his Wales boots a new generation of
:05:45. > :05:49.players was coming through. Whereas Ryan Giggs used to be the centre of
:05:50. > :05:53.attention he now believes Wales together are stronger. Six or seven
:05:54. > :05:58.players together have come through. Quality players. That has helped.
:05:59. > :06:08.Gareth Bale of course. Together with the established players like Ashley
:06:09. > :06:12.Williams, who has been fantastic in the campaign. They just looked like
:06:13. > :06:16.a team. In the past with Wales had missed out on a few players to
:06:17. > :06:21.injury or suspension we have suffered. But this time it did not
:06:22. > :06:25.matter. Whoever came ended an equally good job. I just mention
:06:26. > :06:31.Gareth Bale. When you have got some might put in the team you can be a
:06:32. > :06:36.matchwinner in any team in the world. He is such a talent. If you
:06:37. > :06:41.get your defence right then you have got someone who can turn a game at
:06:42. > :06:48.the drop of a hat. Chris Coleman and we'll start to prepare for your all
:06:49. > :06:53.2016 and it will be back to the day job Ryan Giggs. As assistant manager
:06:54. > :06:57.at Magistrate United he is getting used to light on the touchline. I am
:06:58. > :07:03.enjoying it. But that next best thing from playing. You can never
:07:04. > :07:08.replace playing but working with the layers it is something I am
:07:09. > :07:12.enjoying. I am still learning. I am 18 months in the job. I want to do
:07:13. > :07:17.what I did as a player and improve and try and be the best. When I
:07:18. > :07:22.taught a young lawyers who are coming to I can speak from
:07:23. > :07:30.experience. I can say to them I have been in your position and I can help
:07:31. > :07:34.you. If you need help I am there. There are ups and downs. If you have
:07:35. > :07:39.not got that foundation to fall upon when things are not going right then
:07:40. > :07:45.you sometimes need help, which I got, say from Sir Alex Ferguson. I
:07:46. > :07:51.know how they feel and I want to help them. What makes the future
:07:52. > :07:58.hold? Could he one day take over the helm at international level? I do
:07:59. > :08:02.not know. At the moment I am enjoying what I am doing. Where ever
:08:03. > :08:08.that takes me, who knows? If I am still coaching. I do not know. You
:08:09. > :08:15.can never plan in football. Things change so quickly. All I can say is
:08:16. > :08:17.at the moment I am enjoying being assistant manager of Manchester
:08:18. > :08:32.United and I am enjoying going to work every day.
:08:33. > :08:33.Now while Chris Coleman's side prepares
:08:34. > :08:36.for France next summer, the Wales women's team are just starting their
:08:37. > :08:39.After beginning with two defeats they were hoping
:08:40. > :08:43.for a much needed home win against Kazakhstan this week.
:08:44. > :08:53.With wheels rooted to the bottom of Group 8 opponents sat just above
:08:54. > :09:02.them. -- with Wales routers. It was goalless until two minutes
:09:03. > :09:09.into the second half. Wales at last, finally, have made the
:09:10. > :09:17.breakthrough. 1-0. Good charge-down. Helen Ward. 2-0
:09:18. > :09:44.four Wales. beautiful finish. Helen Ward is so
:09:45. > :09:49.deadly from that sort of range. Plenty of room. She might fancy a
:09:50. > :10:00.shot. Then towards wards to finish it off. That is the hat-trick for
:10:01. > :10:07.Helen Ward. 4-0. What a difference Helen Ward made in coming off the
:10:08. > :10:13.bench. She is our goal-scorer. We said in
:10:14. > :10:19.the changing room that our campaign starts here and to start with a 4 -0
:10:20. > :10:27.when, we kick on from here. We have got a big campaign coming up. The
:10:28. > :10:36.fourth qualifying game is away against Israel next week.
:10:37. > :10:38.While there's talk of pressure mounting on Swansea City
:10:39. > :10:41.boss, Gary Monk, one of his old team mates is getting used
:10:42. > :10:45.Alan Tate was the first man to captain Swansea
:10:46. > :10:48.Now he's in the Welsh Premier with Port Talbot.
:10:49. > :10:57.Who would be mad enough to put themselves under the managerial
:10:58. > :11:07.spotlight? All that scrutiny and distress. Alan Tate is ready to
:11:08. > :11:12.embrace it. Far from the big stage he was used
:11:13. > :11:17.to in 13 promotion Phil Hughes at Swansea. How do you adjust and
:11:18. > :11:24.accept your days as a full-time professional in the big leagues are
:11:25. > :11:34.over? I would pay any money to knock ten years off myself and go back to
:11:35. > :11:43.23 and go through it again. But you could not write the script. We have
:11:44. > :11:54.been fortunate to be put in the Hall of Fame. I have won a couple of
:11:55. > :12:00.layers of the year. It is something where I am not going to slip into
:12:01. > :12:06.deep depression stop it seemed as if your face no longer fitted under
:12:07. > :12:12.Michael Laudrup. He did not speak to me, he put
:12:13. > :12:16.everything in the paper. He said Alan Tate was not guaranteed
:12:17. > :12:22.to be playing or in the squad. He dealt with that in the wrong way. I
:12:23. > :12:28.want to go into management, looking back I would not have dealt with a
:12:29. > :12:32.senior player how he dealt with me. Ultimately it was Garry Monk that
:12:33. > :12:38.said there was no future for you at Swansea City. How hard was that it
:12:39. > :12:43.take? Very easy. I did not need a weatherman to tell me if it is
:12:44. > :12:53.raining. I said if you need me to be here, if someone wants to leave and
:12:54. > :12:59.you need me to come in and do a job I would, but in a perfect world I
:13:00. > :13:05.want to play. He said, fair enough. Now I admit. He told you over a
:13:06. > :13:13.round of golf that was it? We have been close for years. We
:13:14. > :13:22.both just knew. How was that round of golf? Fine. I battered him.
:13:23. > :13:28.It is a different experience these days for the mambo Stoddart is just
:13:29. > :13:38.the stop he started at Swansea and it is a world away from the Premier
:13:39. > :13:43.League. -- for the man that started at Swansea. In terms of where I
:13:44. > :13:48.wanted to live, it made perfect sense. The boy is at school down
:13:49. > :13:53.here and it was always going to be home for me. The standard is
:13:54. > :13:58.different. When we went to Swansea we had to wash RM kit. It is like
:13:59. > :14:06.getting back to how it was. It is hard as you up big players but at
:14:07. > :14:12.the rational level. Sometimes you do not pass it there because you do not
:14:13. > :14:16.connect properly. Hopefully you know what you are going to do. I would
:14:17. > :14:23.too thick times out of ten I was pretty good at that at professional
:14:24. > :14:28.level. Do you enjoy it as much as he used to? It is a big thing. We had a
:14:29. > :14:33.pint after the game, which was a little bit different. Going back to
:14:34. > :14:39.Swansea, are you still in touch with Garry Monk? Yes. How is he at the
:14:40. > :14:45.moment? He has been under a bit of pressure. They have had a rocky
:14:46. > :14:50.spell. If you keep sacking managers when they go through bad spells, how
:14:51. > :14:54.can they get the experience of going through that bad spell? Look at the
:14:55. > :14:58.blueprint of Manchester United and Alex. It baffles me to see owners
:14:59. > :15:02.sacking manager after manager when the blueprint of the guest and
:15:03. > :15:10.best, most successful club in the country is right there. -- biggest.
:15:11. > :15:14.How has he dealt with it? He is the same as always. Get his head down
:15:15. > :15:18.and work hard, like he was as a player. He gets his head down and
:15:19. > :15:24.works hard, and he will be asking more of the staff and players. More
:15:25. > :15:30.of everyone. Will Swansea be OK in the Premier League? I think so, more
:15:31. > :15:35.than OK. We are at the Art Centre. You are into comedy. I like a bit of
:15:36. > :15:41.a stand-up. I have been to the comedy club in Manchester. I like
:15:42. > :15:46.stand-up on telly. Would you fancy going on to that stage and doing a
:15:47. > :15:52.bit of stand-up? I will stick to playing football and hopefully a bit
:15:53. > :15:56.of managing. Thank you. Still a smile on the face of Garry Monk, as
:15:57. > :16:01.he faced more tough questions on his future. One win in ten for the Swans
:16:02. > :16:05.but he said he still had the support of the chairman. He is
:16:06. > :16:10.extraordinarily supportive. He has supported myself, staff, players and
:16:11. > :16:14.the club as a whole. I am not going to cry about it and feel sorry from
:16:15. > :16:19.cells. We will come out fighting, that is what we do. The players were
:16:20. > :16:23.incredible hard to put it right. You can see even from the performances
:16:24. > :16:27.where we have not get the results we wanted, you can see that commitment,
:16:28. > :16:33.effort and desire. That is what I am saying. That is what you trust. They
:16:34. > :16:38.are good players. It is not getting easier. Under pressure at Liverpool
:16:39. > :16:45.of all places. Swans had to Anfield on Sunday with the Reds revitalised
:16:46. > :16:53.under Jurgen Zopp. First what we did was we analysed the Swansea game. --
:16:54. > :17:01.Jurgen Klopp. We have the defendant very well, for sure. Defend very
:17:02. > :17:05.well and we move, it is more than enough, if we play football, we can
:17:06. > :17:11.find spaces and if we can we can be dangerous for them and make goals
:17:12. > :17:15.and forecast that is most important. This week it has been about
:17:16. > :17:18.concentrating on the players and doing what we do best. I have seen
:17:19. > :17:27.great to the nation with the players. -- great determination. We
:17:28. > :17:31.have tried to improve on all areas. And get out there and be ourselves.
:17:32. > :17:35.If we get those solid performances, a couple of good results, we are
:17:36. > :17:39.more than capable, we will see confidence grow. That is what you
:17:40. > :17:44.do, you go back to basics, grow again and when the time is right,
:17:45. > :17:47.unleashed the players with that confidence and bring back the
:17:48. > :17:54.football we have shown and are capable of. Here are the football
:17:55. > :18:08.fixtures this weekend... It is a Sunday fixture for Swansea
:18:09. > :18:13.City. Away at Liverpool. You can follow the action on BBC Wales,
:18:14. > :18:35.radio Cymru and online. Now it is another instalment of the
:18:36. > :18:40.Boot Camp. The Boot Camp is on. Are you enjoying this kitchen? I promise
:18:41. > :18:44.I have not been eating it. You will be fitter and stronger. This is the
:18:45. > :19:00.reason they are taking it. Girls, we have talked about diet,
:19:01. > :19:07.fitness and eating healthily. Rugby is after all a team game. Today we
:19:08. > :19:17.are going to really gel you together as a team. Are you up for it? Yes!
:19:18. > :19:20.Would you rather be in bed? No! Well, Rachel, you have not played
:19:21. > :19:26.since the first game of the season. How is your injury? Not too bad. I
:19:27. > :19:31.played the other day and it was not too bad, getting back into it. They
:19:32. > :19:37.call you twinkle toes. At they missed you? They say they do but I
:19:38. > :19:43.do not know. I would not say twinkle toes so much. Heavy feet more like.
:19:44. > :19:49.The Boot Camp, how has it affected your rugby? Obviously not carrying
:19:50. > :19:53.as much weight. Feeling a bit better. Still some way to go and I
:19:54. > :19:59.need to push on my fitness. How much have you lost? One and a half stone.
:20:00. > :20:05.Is it making a difference on the pitch? Definitely. Feeling fitter in
:20:06. > :20:10.general and in life as well. Even noticing small things, walking up
:20:11. > :20:16.the stairs. Are you looking forward to it today? Yes. We will have a
:20:17. > :20:17.good go. We are dreading where we are going! But I am sure it will be
:20:18. > :20:37.fine. Right, girls. Look at these quad
:20:38. > :20:49.bikes. We not going on them! We are going on the assault course.
:20:50. > :20:56.We are going to be doing an assault course today. One box per team. The
:20:57. > :21:03.aim is to get the box around the assault course. Two people must
:21:04. > :21:09.always touch the box. And the box must never touch the ground. Just
:21:10. > :21:17.like rugby. Brilliant work, brilliant work. Just tackling, keep
:21:18. > :21:25.low. Rugby is all about teamwork. All about talking to each other.
:21:26. > :21:32.Teamwork, girls. Go on! Oh, look at that! Easy, brilliant! That is what
:21:33. > :21:39.it is all about. That is the one! She is wet!
:21:40. > :21:55.LAUGHTER ... Good girls! This is all good for your rugby. Come on, girls.
:21:56. > :22:03.Keep hold of that box. Come on, get under it. Keep it going. Come on,
:22:04. > :22:11.girls. Good teamwork, good teamwork. I like the tactic. Holding up the
:22:12. > :22:19.tyres. I am liking bad. Go on, Beth. Getting soaking wet.
:22:20. > :22:30.Are you soaking wet? She is all right!
:22:31. > :22:42.How was that? Added you find that? It was really fun, but really cold.
:22:43. > :22:47.Really cold? Cold? Freezing! Was it good fun? Good fun. Really good
:22:48. > :22:52.teamwork. You could see the leaders in there. They have really directed
:22:53. > :22:58.us, how to do the task to the best of our ability. Will it help you on
:22:59. > :23:02.the rugby pitch? Definitely. Just what we need it as a team. We got
:23:03. > :23:05.together, got stuck in. We communicated much Better Together.
:23:06. > :23:11.It was a really good laugh. I think we all enjoyed it. We need all this
:23:12. > :23:14.to get on together. I learned a lot about the girls I did not know about
:23:15. > :23:20.them today. We have bonded so much better. I think it is going to help
:23:21. > :23:23.us all the way through. OK, well done. It was brilliant and I hope
:23:24. > :23:26.you enjoyed it. I will be back after Christmas. Do not let it slip, OK?
:23:27. > :23:31.Come on, girls. Back to the sports awards and
:23:32. > :23:34.on the 7th of December we'll find BBC Cymru Wales Sports personality
:23:35. > :23:38.Of The Year. Now for a look
:23:39. > :23:49.at the final four contenders. BBC Wales sports personality of the
:23:50. > :24:02.year 2050 eight heroes and eight inspirations. -- 2000. Ash 2015.
:24:03. > :24:10.The assassin and now a world champion. Lee Selby, only the 12
:24:11. > :24:14.Welsh man to be crowned boxing world champion after he pleaded his
:24:15. > :24:18.opponent for the title in May and he crossed the Atlantic and defeated
:24:19. > :24:22.three which division world champion Fernando. He has signed with Floyd
:24:23. > :24:33.Mayweather's advisor and the world now beckons for Lee Selby.
:24:34. > :24:40.Swimming, cycling, running. This woman can do it all. Triathlon is
:24:41. > :24:43.the most demanding sport. Non Stanford once again can claim to be
:24:44. > :24:48.among the best. After almost two years out with injury she finished
:24:49. > :24:52.second in the World Championship final and the elliptic test event.
:24:53. > :24:56.Her podium placing in Rio de Janeiro has guaranteed Olympic selection. --
:24:57. > :25:10.the athletic test event. This man is a machine on two wheels.
:25:11. > :25:15.Geraint Thomas is as comfortable on the Alps as he is on the cobbled
:25:16. > :25:20.roads in Belgium. It was the winner of one of the toughest races in the
:25:21. > :25:25.world, and the week-long tour of the Algarve. He rode through the pain to
:25:26. > :25:37.lead Chris Froome to a second Tour de France yellow. All in green on!
:25:38. > :25:43.Go, now! This man has led us to the Euros. The Welsh rocket at the back,
:25:44. > :25:49.Ashley Williams. The first man to and Wales the way major tournament
:25:50. > :25:53.in 57 years. The defence it only four ten matches and Williams led
:25:54. > :25:58.his club Swansea City to the highest ever Premiership then. Up by
:25:59. > :26:07.telephone or I'd actual date of your choice Monday. -- you can vote by
:26:08. > :26:15.telephone or by text for the person of your choice on...
:26:16. > :26:17.Congratulations to all the nominees and the winner will be
:26:18. > :26:20.announced at the Sport Awards in Cardiff on the 7th of December.
:26:21. > :26:23.There will also be an award for coach of the year,
:26:24. > :26:43.And the three nominees are... Rowing coach, Robbie Williams. -- Robin.
:26:44. > :26:49.Wales football manager Chris Ullman. Welsh rugby coach, Warren Gatland.
:26:50. > :26:55.-- Chris. -- Chris Coleman. but before I go, let
:26:56. > :26:58.me remind you, will take place on
:26:59. > :27:02.the 7th of December in Cardiff and they'll be live on BBC Radio Wales,
:27:03. > :27:05.online at bbc.co.uk/sportwales