:00:24. > :00:33.Alternate's sure, we are gearing up for another Six Nations. The best
:00:34. > :00:38.team will win the Six Nations. We sent Danny to London to meet James
:00:39. > :00:40.Collins. To be involved now still at 32 and having such a successful
:00:41. > :00:47.period and enjoying it more than I ever have is great. We catch up with
:00:48. > :00:53.Robbie Regan 20 years after becoming world champion. Actually picking my
:00:54. > :01:01.daughter up again, daddy is travelling the world. And we meet
:01:02. > :01:13.Anna, just nine years of age and a table tennis sensation. So it is
:01:14. > :01:17.rugby we start with again tonight, just win week to go on to the start
:01:18. > :01:21.of the Six Nations and where better to get the lowdown on this year's
:01:22. > :01:28.tournament than at the official launch, and that is exactly where we
:01:29. > :01:33.sent Ross Harris. This is where Europe's Premier rugby tour of it
:01:34. > :01:38.gets its big launch. It is a bit of the Oscars. You get exclusive
:01:39. > :01:46.interviews, three minutes with each coach and captain and that is your
:01:47. > :01:51.lot. Hopefully we add in the mix. This is getting to be like deja vu?
:01:52. > :01:55.The 50 of in a row and then as a cap on ten year so only have we! I will
:01:56. > :02:02.start with an easy one, who is winning the Six Nations? Stake in
:02:03. > :02:10.the deep end. It is a good question but I would have to say Wales will
:02:11. > :02:13.be favourites. Congratulations on the captaincy, but first I want to
:02:14. > :02:19.ask you who will win the Six Nations? That sort of a loaded
:02:20. > :02:24.question that I will probably not answer. Who will win Six Nations?
:02:25. > :02:29.Definitely the best team. I think every team now is aiming to be the
:02:30. > :02:34.best team. We will see in the next couple of weeks who the best team
:02:35. > :02:38.is. Who will win the Six Nations? The best team will win the Six
:02:39. > :02:47.Nations, the most deserving team will win the Six Nations. Pardon? Do
:02:48. > :02:52.you enjoy doing this kind of thing? A bit of chaos? Absolutely, I
:02:53. > :02:57.suppose it is part of the job and I understand it is all about media. I
:02:58. > :03:02.try and do as little as I possibly can. Do you enjoy this aspect of the
:03:03. > :03:07.job, talking to the press and talking about the tournament? You
:03:08. > :03:10.have to enjoy it. It is a major part of your job and you have to come
:03:11. > :03:16.here and try to put your best foot forward. We want our team, every
:03:17. > :03:21.time they do something, for rugby. Rob becomes a bit more naturally to
:03:22. > :03:32.me. I understand the need and the role to do this, but it is
:03:33. > :03:35.interesting. I think we are looking at about five hours of press but I
:03:36. > :03:42.have done this a few years now so I know what to expect. The six
:03:43. > :03:48.Nations, a competition steeped in history, even those from down under
:03:49. > :03:52.have their favourite memories. I always remember our PE teacher
:03:53. > :03:57.showing us the Welsh backline and watching Phil Bennett's running with
:03:58. > :04:03.beautiful balance with the ball into the hands, and that is how you want
:04:04. > :04:07.your stand-off to play. Obviously you say 33 and they know what that
:04:08. > :04:10.means but that is probably the best rugby experience I have ever had,
:04:11. > :04:17.never mind Six Nations. That would fantastic. For me, anyone on the
:04:18. > :04:22.road is pretty special, going to another nation and you're not
:04:23. > :04:26.playing against just the team but you're playing against the nation,
:04:27. > :04:31.and the feeling is that whenever you want this to a limit to the probably
:04:32. > :04:35.my best memories. And so to the here and now, England have new coach in
:04:36. > :04:40.Eddie Jones and his first big call was controversial one. The
:04:41. > :04:47.appointment of fiery hooker Daniel Hartley as his captain. The greatest
:04:48. > :04:51.risk was not to take a risk. England hasn't been in that situation in
:04:52. > :04:56.Rugby, eighth in the world, and you look at the Six Nations trophy since
:04:57. > :05:02.2003, England is ranked four and that is not acceptable. The only
:05:03. > :05:06.thing he said to me is get yourself in the team, be the best player you
:05:07. > :05:12.can be in your possession, and that is what I am trying to do at the
:05:13. > :05:16.moment. Wales's campaign starts in Dublin against an Irish side in
:05:17. > :05:20.search of an unprecedented third consecutive championship. Next week
:05:21. > :05:25.we are going to try to be competitive against what is probably
:05:26. > :05:29.the team that have the most continuity going into this
:05:30. > :05:34.competition. Talking to Sam it is his fifth visit and we have got a
:05:35. > :05:37.lot of consistency. It is a really settled team we have got no not just
:05:38. > :05:44.the players but the spine of the staff has been the same as well, and
:05:45. > :05:47.I guess that is an advantage us. When you that I mentioned Ireland
:05:48. > :05:52.were potentially favourites, that was talking from the heart? I was
:05:53. > :05:55.asking a question at the time and I hadn't really thought about that and
:05:56. > :05:59.I suppose as defending champions, two years in a row, you cannot go
:06:00. > :06:04.past Ireland and some people printed it as me sort of giving an opinion,
:06:05. > :06:09.other people thought I was playing mind games. I am not as smart as
:06:10. > :06:17.people think I am. I am just a simple Kiwi who often speaks from
:06:18. > :06:23.the heart. Done and dusted for another year. All the coaches and
:06:24. > :06:25.captain spoken to. All fairly friendly and amenable as it
:06:26. > :06:28.happened, I wondered if it will be that way in two months' time. That
:06:29. > :06:41.is done, Cheers, boys. You are in the form of your life! No
:06:42. > :06:44.worries and seeming to play well and that is what is happening at the
:06:45. > :06:52.moment, probably playing the best football I have in my career. The
:06:53. > :06:59.work I had done to get to where I was and it was taken away from me in
:07:00. > :07:06.seconds. I turned to drink. My name is Anna and I'd like to be a table
:07:07. > :07:12.tennis champion. To put the seal on the when! And so to enter national
:07:13. > :07:17.football and our build-up to Euro 2016 this summer. This week we said
:07:18. > :07:23.Danny to London to catch up with an old friend.
:07:24. > :07:29.London, the city with it takes a lot to make an impression. The man I
:07:30. > :07:33.meet today arrived with me and West Ham in 2005. Like the building I am
:07:34. > :07:42.meeting him in today, he stands out as one of our best. James. How is
:07:43. > :07:47.life treating you? Good, mate. Obviously playing at the minute
:07:48. > :07:51.Bernat West Ham so enjoying life. Here in the shard in London, a
:07:52. > :07:55.fitting venue to interrupt us back to interview one of my good friends.
:07:56. > :07:58.If you are happy off the field you have no worries and seemed to play
:07:59. > :08:01.well and that the minute that is what is happening with myself. I am
:08:02. > :08:08.probably playing the best football I have in my career. I wanted to take
:08:09. > :08:16.you back now to where it all started. I am here! Here on the top
:08:17. > :08:20.of your head and not on the bottom! Cardiff City, started off as a
:08:21. > :08:25.striker, how did that come about? I signed originally as a centre half.
:08:26. > :08:32.In training I liked to wander upfront and goals and made debut
:08:33. > :08:38.upfront. Which was an ugly front two to say the least! But I scored on my
:08:39. > :08:41.debut. Was it a bit of a surprise when you got the West Ham moved? To
:08:42. > :08:47.be honest I still think I jumped on the back of yours, but it was
:08:48. > :08:52.surprising. I think at that time, when me and you were both playing
:08:53. > :08:56.well, in the Cardiff team that was doing well, as surprised as anyone.
:08:57. > :08:59.I thought I would have to play a few more years than the aim was to
:09:00. > :09:04.eventually if not with Cardiff moved to the Premier League but it came
:09:05. > :09:09.early because the first job I went to West Ham, you were unbelievable,
:09:10. > :09:15.and I struggled a bit, the first time I moved away from home. I was
:09:16. > :09:18.still quite young, 20 or 21, and I didn't perform and it hit home that
:09:19. > :09:23.I had moved for relatively big money. Do you remember the first few
:09:24. > :09:30.days and the lads and me and you gone back to the hotel thinking,...
:09:31. > :09:34.It was a tough dressing room! Didn't understand the London Lingle. I
:09:35. > :09:42.think they were looking at my clothes more than anything. --
:09:43. > :09:48.bat-mac. Your Newport style wouldn't go down too well in London. --
:09:49. > :09:51.lingo. So after that initial three years at West Ham, you then got the
:09:52. > :09:59.move to Aston Villa, how did you enjoy that? For me, that is when you
:10:00. > :10:04.elevated yourself to your top premiership play. It came out of the
:10:05. > :10:10.blue, the Aston Villa move, and no disrespect to West Ham but to move
:10:11. > :10:17.and have that chance at European football was massive and Martin
:10:18. > :10:24.O'Neill was fantastic. Touch on a little bit about Wales as well. 46
:10:25. > :10:26.caps, I think it is, do you feel there is a bit of unfinished
:10:27. > :10:33.business on that side of things with Wales? Definitely, I should be on a
:10:34. > :10:40.lot more caps than I have had, think I made my debut when I was 20,
:10:41. > :10:48.maybe, 32 now, and only two beyond 46 caps is not enough. Stuck on 49!
:10:49. > :10:50.I pulled out of the lot of games through injury and as you know
:10:51. > :10:54.yourself I was out for two years pretty much from international
:10:55. > :10:58.football with my knee, and to be involved still now at 32 and having
:10:59. > :11:06.such a successful period and enjoying it more than I ever have is
:11:07. > :11:09.great. Do you still feel you have to impress Chris Coleman and try to get
:11:10. > :11:15.yourself back into that starting 11 for the summer? 100%, it is the
:11:16. > :11:18.strongest Welsh squad all-round. Before we have had individual
:11:19. > :11:25.players that are world class but as an all-round squad at the moment, it
:11:26. > :11:29.is a great squad. At my age now, it could possibly be my last chance to
:11:30. > :11:31.play in a major to limit and to go down and just be involved is going
:11:32. > :11:35.to be amazing but obviously the ultimate goal is to get there and be
:11:36. > :11:44.playing well and performing well for Wales. While ago, looking up my
:11:45. > :11:55.Welsh career, I thought it would never
:11:56. > :11:59.happen, and to be involved and going to it hopefully playing well in a
:12:00. > :12:01.tremendous Welsh team is very exciting. James, pleasure talking to
:12:02. > :12:03.you, great to see you, have a great end of the season. Looking forward
:12:04. > :12:20.to seeing you performing in 2016. Can't wait, it's been
:12:21. > :12:22.great, mate. Next up, one of Wales's forgotten
:12:23. > :12:25.sports stars. 20 years ago he became a boxing world champion, but since
:12:26. > :12:34.then he has gone through very dark times. Here is the story of Robbie
:12:35. > :12:36.Regan. He's got it! Hardly energy to lift it is hands above his head but
:12:37. > :12:40.they are going wild, Robbie Regan, the new WBO bantamweight champion of
:12:41. > :13:07.the world. Great memories here, beating Joe Kelly.
:13:08. > :13:25.This is my house I was brought up in.
:13:26. > :14:53.Has it going, all right? Andrew, how are you?
:14:54. > :14:59.For Robbie Regan, the big fight nights have come to an end.
:15:00. > :15:01.Retirement at 29 was a bitter pill to swallow but they failed scam made
:15:02. > :18:01.it inevitable. -- failed scan. How things, all right? All good.
:18:02. > :18:10.I've got a lot of the old photographs in the house. A lot of
:18:11. > :18:20.them still remember. I walked down by there and people shake my hand!
:18:21. > :18:22.All the best. Cheers, take it easy. From an old champ to one for the
:18:23. > :18:36.future. It takes years of dedication to
:18:37. > :18:39.reach the top of any sport, but for one Welsh youngster, playing with
:18:40. > :18:44.the best means leaving home and moving to China. Remember this name:
:18:45. > :18:49.Anna Hursey. My name is Anna and I would like to be a table tennis
:18:50. > :18:52.champion. One day I am going to be an Olympic medallist, I will hold my
:18:53. > :19:11.medal like this. Meat and Hursey, a tiny table tennis
:19:12. > :19:14.star with a big future, she is the best in Wales that under 18 level
:19:15. > :19:17.and is just nine. She is exceptional for her age, the best player I have
:19:18. > :19:30.seen, one of the best under 18 's. She has probably beaten everyone
:19:31. > :19:34.under 18. She has been a lot of the top girls in Britain's. She started
:19:35. > :19:37.playing at just five, barely able to see over the table yet good enough
:19:38. > :19:39.to beat opponents three times her age. Fast forward a couple of years
:19:40. > :19:52.and she is regularly beating adults but her talent has become a problem.
:19:53. > :19:55.For table tennis you need to be in a good environment, which is a lot of
:19:56. > :19:57.good players with you, so they can make you better. Wales is a smaller
:19:58. > :20:00.place, not many table tennis players, that's why we need to make
:20:01. > :20:18.the effort to take her to different places to
:20:19. > :20:22.have important competitions with better players. And trains five days
:20:23. > :20:24.a week spending over 18 hours hitting ball after ball that it is
:20:25. > :20:27.not enough. Her parents have decided if she is to become the best she
:20:28. > :20:30.needs to train with the best, which means moving to China. Table tennis
:20:31. > :20:32.is a sport you need to practice with a reasonable level player or a
:20:33. > :20:35.better player who can make you better. That is why I have to take
:20:36. > :20:48.her to different places, especially some in Europe, Asian countries or
:20:49. > :20:52.maybe the best, China, to enhance her table tennis skills. One day I'm
:20:53. > :20:57.going to be alert Olympic medallist. Everyday I played table tennis. I
:20:58. > :21:04.like competing. I'm going to hold my medal like this! I haven't seen many
:21:05. > :21:07.other top players in Europe, but I would like to think she would be up
:21:08. > :21:13.there with them, and I think she can be as good as she once. I don't
:21:14. > :21:16.think many people want to play her! She's just very aggressive and very
:21:17. > :21:46.strong, and for such a young player, she is exceptional.
:21:47. > :21:48.Exceptional in sport, but still in school. Anna goes about life like
:21:49. > :21:50.any normal 9 euros, shy, hard-working but never boastful. I
:21:51. > :21:53.couldn't believe it, I said, you haven't told me! She shrugged her
:21:54. > :21:55.shoulders, just one of those things. She is very modest, bless her. It
:21:56. > :21:58.will be very different in China, School in the morning, nothing but
:21:59. > :22:01.table tennis after that. She is happy to lose, she is happy to win,
:22:02. > :22:04.she is always happy, whether you see her playing with a player may be
:22:05. > :22:15.double her age, some of them, I am really proud, but
:22:16. > :22:19.those people are not her target. Players in Asian countries should be
:22:20. > :22:20.her target. If she can beat them she probably will be one of the best.
:22:21. > :22:42.Don't forget scrum 56 Nations Preview is
:22:43. > :22:45.on Sunday with Ross Harris, Gareth Thomas, Martyn Williams and Jeremy
:22:46. > :22:47.Guscott, that is at 7pm on BBC Two Wales. That's it for this evening
:22:48. > :22:50.but we leave you with a celebration of this newly named sporting arena.
:22:51. > :22:52.We have delved into the archives of the stadium formerly known as the
:22:53. > :22:54.millennium, so here is a collection of its greatest Six Nations moments.
:22:55. > :23:16.Enjoy. In it comes. Scott Quinnell is
:23:17. > :23:23.there. Gareth Thomas with a corner, gets it! That's the one he's been
:23:24. > :23:24.waiting for. That breaks Ryan Evans's try scoring record for
:23:25. > :23:35.Wales. Mike Ruddock's Wales have beaten
:23:36. > :24:05.England. Ronan O'Gara. Kevin Morgan! To put the
:24:06. > :24:12.seal on the win, to put the cream on the grand slam cake.
:24:13. > :24:34.magic Williams! Dragged out of retirement, and here he is, a second
:24:35. > :24:41.grand slam for Wales! Ogawa, back in the pocket for his drop goal
:24:42. > :24:43.attempt, he goes, oh Garre... He has done it. That surely is the grand
:24:44. > :24:59.slam! Bradley Davies in field. They are
:25:00. > :25:05.all there for Wales. Shane Williams! Shane Williams has won the most
:25:06. > :25:17.dramatic game in this Six Nations, perhaps in any Six Nations. What a
:25:18. > :25:20.game! Priestland, long to Cuthbert, Cuthbert is clear, Alex Cuthbert is
:25:21. > :25:27.going to score! Wales striker against France. Wales have won the
:25:28. > :25:46.grand slam, the third for Wales since 2005. Cuthbert for the line!
:25:47. > :25:48.Tipuric, still going to Cuthbert! Cuthbert's second try. Wales are
:25:49. > :25:59.storming to the title.