:00:19. > :00:22.Good evening. Here at the Millennium Stadium, tomorrow Wales
:00:22. > :00:27.faces Australia, and the Grand Slam champions need a win to avoid an
:00:27. > :00:31.autumn whitewash. Coming up tonight:
:00:31. > :00:36.The All Blacks came and conquered, but now the Wallabies are in town
:00:37. > :00:41.with so much more than pride at stake for Wales. We've got to
:00:41. > :00:45.redeem ourselves and get back up to where we were last season.
:00:45. > :00:51.A win against West Brom in midweek and now it's a trip to Arsenal and
:00:51. > :00:55.Laudrup v Wenger. And for top-of- the-table Cardiff City, the return
:00:55. > :01:00.of ex-manager Dave Jones. Plus we capture the home-coming of
:01:00. > :01:04.Olympic silver medallists Fred Evans and Andrew Selby. It's the
:01:04. > :01:13.best of the creme da la creme of boxing over five rounds. A
:01:13. > :01:16.But we start with tomorrow's game. Last weekend's defeat against the
:01:17. > :01:19.All Blacks was Wales' sixth in a row, and it's a loss which means
:01:20. > :01:25.Wales has to beat Australia tomorrow to stay in the top eight
:01:25. > :01:35.of the IRB World Rankings. Lose, and they face a much tougher draw
:01:35. > :01:36.
:01:36. > :01:40.For a month ago, Wales were officially the best side in the
:01:40. > :01:44.world with ambitions of making the top four in time for Monday's World
:01:44. > :01:49.Cup draw. But after three autumn defeats they are in danger of
:01:49. > :01:54.slipping down to 9th. However, it was not all doom and gloom last
:01:54. > :01:58.weekend. Outstanding second-half performance. They really took the
:01:58. > :02:01.game to the All Blacks in the second half and I am proud of the
:02:01. > :02:07.way we finished and dominated territory and possession in the
:02:07. > :02:12.second half. We were not able to debt and the game got away from us.
:02:12. > :02:16.There was a time not so long ago when finding positives in the game
:02:16. > :02:20.did not suffice. We need to take the positives from last weekend and
:02:20. > :02:26.we need to look at ourselves and think, what are the mistakes we
:02:26. > :02:31.made in the first half that we can fix? Here and if we are more
:02:31. > :02:35.accurate and clinical ourselves, the gain can give us a lot. It was
:02:35. > :02:39.not only the results the players still not see coming. They have
:02:39. > :02:46.been battered and bruised through the autumn season, losing three
:02:47. > :02:52.players against the All Blacks. But one is back. These injury problems
:02:52. > :02:58.the team has will test our strength and depth. You know, it would
:02:58. > :03:08.expose players to weigh fantastic rugby environment. If Scott Andrews
:03:08. > :03:16.comes in after an impressive game against the All Blacks. Aaron
:03:16. > :03:20.Shingler gets his chance in the back row. Been trying all week. We
:03:20. > :03:24.just had to wait for a medical report on him. Fingers crossed they
:03:25. > :03:34.will come through so when you look at the team on paper, it is pretty
:03:35. > :03:35.
:03:35. > :03:39.strong. But earlier in the week it did not look that way. Rhys
:03:39. > :03:45.Priestland, low on form and confidence, keeps the number 10
:03:46. > :03:50.shirt. If I spoke to him and said, look, you know, it is tough when
:03:50. > :03:55.you get personally criticised or criticised on social media and how
:03:55. > :03:59.you respond to that. I said, look, I was coaching Ireland one we got
:03:59. > :04:04.knocked out of the World Cup quarter-final against Argentina. I
:04:04. > :04:09.didn't get out of bed for three days! I was a lot older than you
:04:09. > :04:14.were! So it is just... You will remember if he had somebody good
:04:14. > :04:19.experiences in the last 12 months but he Warren bought the last month
:04:19. > :04:24.has been like and I think hopefully it will make him that stronger. --
:04:24. > :04:29.he will remember. If Wales lose on Saturday they will be out of the
:04:29. > :04:33.top rate and out of the top seeds for the World Cup draw. It could
:04:33. > :04:40.see them in the same group as New Zealand and England. Surely, then,
:04:40. > :04:45.this is the most significant match in the history of them?
:04:45. > :04:49.important thing about rankings is if you finish in the top four and
:04:49. > :04:55.then you'd get a southern- hemisphere team in your group, so
:04:55. > :04:58.whether we are 4th, 9th, 8th, 12, apart from possibly drawing France,
:04:58. > :05:08.there is a good chance you will have raised southern-hemisphere
:05:08. > :05:11.team in your group. This is such an important week. If we can get a
:05:11. > :05:17.victory, we can get a confident squad into the Six Nations next
:05:17. > :05:22.year. They came second in the championships and that is by a no
:05:22. > :05:26.accident, so it will be a great achievement faster win this weekend.
:05:26. > :05:31.So it's all about just getting a win in the Wales camp. I'm glad to
:05:31. > :05:35.say I'm joined by former Wales captain Gwyn Jones. I will take you
:05:35. > :05:41.back a few weeks, ahead of that match against Argentina, and she
:05:41. > :05:47.told us on this programme that anything less than three wins would
:05:47. > :05:51.be a step back. -- and you told us. Yes, my crystal ball was not
:05:52. > :05:55.working! Massively disappointing. They have not perform to the
:05:55. > :05:59.standard we expected, that they expected to and they are miles
:05:59. > :06:05.behind where they wanted to be. Warren Gatland's involvement with
:06:05. > :06:09.the Lions - has that been to the detriment of Wales? It is difficult
:06:09. > :06:14.to say for this autumn's series. It has always been in the background,
:06:14. > :06:19.not far away from the players and coaches. We will probably see more
:06:19. > :06:25.in the Six Nations Howard becomes official with him as head coach --
:06:25. > :06:29.how it becomes. And if we do not take many Welsh players or take
:06:29. > :06:39.players and do not use them, that is the real trouble. What we are
:06:39. > :06:43.getting now is what will become after the Lions tour. For an extra
:06:43. > :06:48.international with the game against Australia. The coach said this week
:06:48. > :06:52.there is too much rugby being played. Andrew Hore, the chief
:06:52. > :06:58.manager, he has called for people to look at the rugby calendar. Does
:06:58. > :07:01.it need looking at a what changes can be made? It is very simple. You
:07:01. > :07:04.can play a less rugby if people are prepared to have less money and
:07:04. > :07:08.that is what it comes down to. We are playing more games so we can
:07:08. > :07:17.get more money and send it back to the regions. If everybody is happy
:07:17. > :07:21.to say, yeah, I will do less than 10% -- 10% less, then OK. But they
:07:21. > :07:25.are not. We do well in terms of filling the stadiums so that is the
:07:25. > :07:28.reality of the world. And the reality is that everybody wants a
:07:28. > :07:38.part of the pie and they want more money so they want to play more
:07:38. > :07:39.
:07:39. > :07:48.games. If a what changes have we seen? Only one real change. But the
:07:48. > :07:57.promise not the back row but what is happening ahead of it. OK, they
:07:57. > :08:03.have barely had a chance. I think the big trouble is whether they
:08:03. > :08:10.should play Warburton as well. There is not Tayside in the world
:08:10. > :08:15.that would play two sevens. -- not a side. Only in the last 20 minutes
:08:15. > :08:19.with a place and the like Cooper. I don't think there is room for it
:08:19. > :08:25.until the last 20 minutes. Are you surprised Jamie Roberts is
:08:25. > :08:30.starting? If he is fit, he starts. No question about that. In big
:08:30. > :08:35.games in the past he has proven himself but I think Warren Gatland
:08:35. > :08:40.has put out the warning shot of saying some stars who expect to be
:08:40. > :08:44.on Lions trips need to stop playing letter -- better. If we will turn
:08:44. > :08:47.our attention to the Australian team shortly.
:08:47. > :08:50.But now away from the fortunes of Welsh rugby to the feel-good factor
:08:50. > :08:53.surrounding our leading football teams, with Cardiff City still top
:08:53. > :08:56.of the Championship and Swansea up to eighth in the Premier League
:08:56. > :09:05.after their midweek games. And, as Ian Hunt reports, an intriguing
:09:05. > :09:09.weekend ahead for both clubs. Can Swansea get that first Premier
:09:09. > :09:17.League win at the home of one of the big four sides? It is Arsene
:09:17. > :09:19.Wenger who is under pressure, not Michael Laudrup. The Swansea boss...
:09:19. > :09:29.Would always say about Arsene Wenger? He has been there for so
:09:29. > :09:33.many years, just so great. -- what would I say? Just because they lose
:09:33. > :09:37.one game does not mean he is a great manager. Key is. So on Sea
:09:37. > :09:43.could not be in better shape after this stunning win over West Brom
:09:43. > :09:51.midweek. But, hang on, there is another side with the same
:09:51. > :09:58.philosophy, isn't there? Arsenal, anyone? The possession, the players,
:09:58. > :10:04.who can move and dominate on their own hand. The way they played
:10:04. > :10:08.against Liverpool here. But still, we still have a lot to learn.
:10:08. > :10:13.a festival of football, perhaps, at the Emirates, where the professor
:10:14. > :10:19.of football has admiration for the way Michael Laudrup has picked up
:10:19. > :10:26.tips ability stadium. It was a question mark created by the
:10:26. > :10:33.manager and the season. And could intelligently. And of course that
:10:33. > :10:40.gives them the places ahead last year and with the players they
:10:40. > :10:45.bought in, it makes them very dangerous. The first return of a
:10:45. > :10:51.familiar face at Cardiff City on homes -- at home on Sunday. It
:10:51. > :10:58.ended in tears for Dave Jones last year, sacked after they lost and
:10:58. > :11:04.the play-off semi-finals. Never any bitterness in me whatsoever because
:11:04. > :11:10.bitterness eats away at you. I have got a problem at the moment which
:11:10. > :11:18.will come to light at -- in a moment. But not any bitterness.
:11:18. > :11:22.be at a football club for six years is a long time now. They got the
:11:22. > :11:27.play-offs, the final, then the FA Cup Final. So I think that is a
:11:27. > :11:30.good achievement for a manager to have at a football club. Sellers is
:11:31. > :11:34.the Cardiff do what they could not quite manage under Jones? But the
:11:34. > :11:39.former manager stressing the clubs still made good progress under his
:11:39. > :11:43.time in charge. For the last six years, another have an investment.
:11:43. > :11:48.They never had investment before. They always had to sell to survive.
:11:48. > :11:52.Now they have got backers in and hopefully they can go where they
:11:52. > :11:58.want to go. I've got no animosity towards the football club but so
:11:58. > :12:03.have. I hope they achieve what they are trying to achieve. These were
:12:03. > :12:07.the scenes at Sheffield last spring, when Wednesday won promotion to the
:12:07. > :12:12.championship but they have struggled to adapt to the high
:12:12. > :12:19.level, currently just one off the bottom. I suspect they can come in
:12:19. > :12:24.and give us a tough game. I don't suspect anything different. But on
:12:25. > :12:29.the back of a poor run and going one Beach, anything can happen in
:12:29. > :12:32.this league and usually it does. To boxing now, and Olympic silver
:12:32. > :12:36.medallist Fred Evans returned to the ring last Friday in Newport
:12:36. > :12:38.alongside fellow Welsh Olympian Andrew Selby. They're taking part
:12:38. > :12:41.in a tournament which allows them to sample professional boxing
:12:41. > :12:48.without giving up on representing Wales at the Commonwealth Games in
:12:48. > :12:58.2014. Steffan Garrero spent the week with them, as they started a
:12:58. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:05.The traditional dilemma for boxers at the end of an Olympiad is
:13:05. > :13:08.whether to remain amateur or join the paid ranks. The World Series of
:13:08. > :13:14.boxing has changed this a Andrew Selby and silver medal winner Fred
:13:14. > :13:17.Evans. It is a franchise based tournament which takes place under
:13:17. > :13:20.professional roles but crucially, it allows boxers to remain eligible
:13:20. > :13:29.for the Olympics. The British Lion Herts join the competition this
:13:29. > :13:34.year, with four Welshman signing up. In match one, a way to the US
:13:34. > :13:41.knockouts, Sean McGoldrick was victorious. Match two saw them had
:13:41. > :13:44.to Wales. When I came back from the Olympics I could not go anywhere
:13:44. > :13:48.without getting recognised. If people came up asking for
:13:48. > :13:56.autographs but it was all to the good. I enjoyed it all. But now
:13:56. > :14:03.back into training camp and trying to get fit. I had a lot of fans
:14:03. > :14:09.coming to watch me in the Olympics and it was hard but now we have
:14:09. > :14:14.nearly all of Wales following me and Fred, so it is good. Obviously
:14:14. > :14:22.after we got back from the Olympics, we had a break can got back into
:14:22. > :14:30.the gym. It is only an extra two rounds so I think we were just hand
:14:30. > :14:34.lead easily. Yeah, excited now, my opponent is a big, strong kid. I
:14:34. > :14:42.have seen bits of him from amateur tournaments. So should be a good
:14:42. > :14:50.fight. This gives me more time to get into the fight more. Is there
:14:50. > :14:57.any kind of fear factor? Smaller clubs, no head guards? It is going
:14:57. > :15:01.to be a bit tougher. Just getting used to it will be different.
:15:01. > :15:07.Probably feel the shots more because now your hands can be done
:15:07. > :15:13.a professional, taped up, so I will be a bit tougher. Longer around
:15:13. > :15:20.stop see the shots are coming now. And think it will be better. Just
:15:20. > :15:25.have to keep watching with your head because it is easy to get cut.
:15:25. > :15:31.If you get cut on your eye, the blood goes in and you cannot see.
:15:31. > :15:41.Do you both know anything about your opponents tonight? Mine is
:15:41. > :15:41.
:15:42. > :15:48.professional. Level one, drew 1. I know he is tall. He is a pro,
:15:48. > :15:53.heavier than me, so she has come down and weight. He will probably
:15:53. > :16:03.shoot back up and be a lot stronger! I have seen mine. I know
:16:03. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:14.he has had nine fights, WSP. Loss You have the best fighters in the
:16:14. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:24.world. Tonight, we have four Olympians. To silver medal-winners.
:16:25. > :16:29.Fred Evans is silver medallist. It is the best in boxing over five
:16:29. > :16:39.rounds. This is a wonderful tournament and the first time we
:16:39. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:50.have had a programme like this at home. I am thrilled to be involved
:16:50. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :17:00.in it and I can't wait to watch. Is it plaster of Barry? Good luck
:17:00. > :17:05.
:17:05. > :17:12.everybody. No rushing it. Side to side, balance and a smack him.
:17:12. > :17:21.opponents in Newport with the reigning WSP champions. Selby,
:17:21. > :17:31.clearly disappointed to miss out on a medal at the Olympics, he came
:17:31. > :17:38.out a unanimous winner. It is just like the Olympic Games. That was
:17:38. > :17:44.how nervous I was. As soon as I got out there, all the nerves went. He
:17:44. > :17:52.was head butting me across the eye. If he had got me in the nose, it
:17:52. > :18:02.would have been me and a fight. you going to watch Fred later?
:18:02. > :18:02.
:18:03. > :18:09.go up and watch him. They lie in heart held a 3-1 lead in the match.
:18:09. > :18:15.His find it was a cagey affair. Both unwilling to give too much
:18:15. > :18:24.away. Evans lost the first round but clawed his way back. Both
:18:24. > :18:30.needed to win the 5th and final round to it seal the victory.
:18:30. > :18:36.Evans has done it. Very close indeed. Nerves were kicking him.
:18:36. > :18:45.They was a new experience. Didn't know what to expect. He was a good
:18:45. > :18:50.kid and a close fight. This was his 12th fight and he has only last two.
:18:50. > :18:55.It was a good win. We will keep you updated with the progress of both
:18:56. > :18:59.Andrew and Fred. As a professional sportsman, how do you go about
:18:59. > :19:05.rebuilding your career and your life after serving time in prison
:19:05. > :19:09.for violent conduct? There was the challenge for one former Wales
:19:09. > :19:19.international who has helped transform Newport County from the
:19:19. > :19:24.did it -- relegation candidates into promotion candidates.
:19:24. > :19:29.David Pipe seemed to have it all but put it in jeopardy with one act
:19:29. > :19:34.of mindless violence. David Pipe has been jailed for three years
:19:34. > :19:39.after wounding a man in an assault aside a club in the city.
:19:39. > :19:46.fractured the Scarva man by his mashing a wine bottle on his had --
:19:46. > :19:52.head. Now there is a remorse and regret. I was excessive drinking. I
:19:52. > :19:56.put myself in that position. If I hadn't had drunk as much as I did
:19:56. > :20:02.on that night, I wouldn't have got out of control. Lots of people get
:20:02. > :20:09.drunk but not many it smashed a bottle Ovett a head. Exactly. Until
:20:09. > :20:14.I saw the footage, that is when it sunk in. I couldn't believe I had
:20:14. > :20:20.done that. Where I am from comic you look after yourself. There is a
:20:20. > :20:24.lot of camaraderie with the rugby clubs are going on. You look after
:20:24. > :20:30.yourself. On a lot of people get into scuffles and I can look after
:20:30. > :20:38.myself but in the right way. That was totally out of character. I
:20:38. > :20:44.can't describe what I felt. guilty plea, a fall from grace from
:20:44. > :20:52.a man they used to captain the Welsh Under 21. His career at
:20:52. > :20:58.Bristol Rovers was over. I will not lie and say you get upset and think
:20:58. > :21:03.the worse. Whatever you think, in there, it is magnified by a 10
:21:03. > :21:08.times. You have limited access to your family. You have to put it in
:21:08. > :21:13.perspective. I probably enjoyed my life a bit too much and looking
:21:13. > :21:17.back on it now, after learning on it, I can still enjoy my life but I
:21:17. > :21:24.get my enjoyment out of the lesser things whereas before I was taking
:21:24. > :21:29.it for granted. Going out for food whenever I wanted, the amount of
:21:29. > :21:35.money I was earning two getting eight and 54 scrubbing floors. It
:21:35. > :21:39.is set fair to do what he does and it worked from me. Going from one
:21:39. > :21:47.scale to the ever, you have a different perspective on life.
:21:47. > :21:55.release from prison, a new start with Newport. Now, he is the camp
:21:55. > :22:05.10. We have given me the chance to get back into wet. -- now, he is
:22:05. > :22:10.
:22:10. > :22:16.When somebody is standing by your side when you have made a mistake,
:22:16. > :22:21.it gives you the chance to see things are not impossible.
:22:21. > :22:25.positive person to have around and the Football Club. He is the fans'
:22:25. > :22:29.favourite now. He is a good role model and a good example for people
:22:29. > :22:35.that have made mistakes and have been given an opportunity and have
:22:35. > :22:39.grasped it with both hands. Retention for him, promotion for
:22:39. > :22:45.Newport. They were down and out when he arrived 14 months ago and
:22:45. > :22:51.now they are joint top. I will not sit here and say that I have turned
:22:51. > :23:01.it around by myself. I would like to think that there has been a few
:23:01. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:07.positive things going around lately. They didn't think we could do it.
:23:07. > :23:12.We are in December and we are top three. People have to sit back and
:23:12. > :23:19.look at us and to realise that we have come on leaps and bounds. That
:23:19. > :23:23.is thanks to the players. We have the right people in. We have had a
:23:23. > :23:26.few slip-ups by we are still in the next. I don't think many people
:23:26. > :23:31.would have put us there at the start of the season.
:23:31. > :23:35.Time now to take a look at tomorrow's a payment Das --
:23:35. > :23:39.opponents. So far this autumn, Australia have lost to France but
:23:39. > :23:49.have beaten England and Italy. Sport Wales went into the Aussie
:23:49. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:08.camp to assess the mood ahead of Two months ago when Robbie deem --
:24:08. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:18.Robbie Dean came under criticism. The set-up was called toxic. Under
:24:18. > :24:28.pressure. You keep going and concentrate on the things that are
:24:28. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:35.important. Success and failure can force you to take your eye off what
:24:35. > :24:38.is important. Sometimes it is easier said than done. Their form
:24:38. > :24:43.on the European Tour has seen them hammered by the French, struggle
:24:43. > :24:48.against the Italians but a victory at Twickenham is always a welcome
:24:48. > :24:58.boost if any side as they look to press on to the end of 2012 with
:24:58. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:14.victory in Cardiff. Australia celebrate. There is the intensity
:25:14. > :25:20.against England. It is where we are as a group. We have to find
:25:20. > :25:25.consistency. You see patches of it. Sometimes we play well. It is a
:25:25. > :25:31.reflection of where the group is at. It is something we are still trying
:25:31. > :25:39.to work,. Tomorrow, they welcome them man that led them to a 3-0 win
:25:39. > :25:46.in the summer. Captaincy duties remain with Nathan shop. It is his
:25:46. > :25:55.final Test match cap. -- Nathan Sharpe. We will do all we can to
:25:56. > :26:03.help him. There has been no winners for the answers. In 2005 and again
:26:03. > :26:13.in two pairs and donate. The two sides faced each other with
:26:13. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:28.Both teams are going to be highly motivated to go out there. We can't
:26:28. > :26:35.expect anything less than the Welsh team playing to their full
:26:35. > :26:41.potential and capability. If we underestimate, we might be going
:26:41. > :26:48.home disappointed. They are playing for their country like we are. We
:26:48. > :26:56.have to put it on the line. It is their last game for a while as well.
:26:56. > :27:00.This is our last outing. They will have to think about their
:27:00. > :27:04.performance for some time before they get the chance to play again.
:27:04. > :27:13.They are keen to finish on a good note.
:27:13. > :27:18.Robbie Deans admitted the pressure his team are under. Australia are
:27:18. > :27:25.second and have drawn with the All blog -- All Blacks. He is under
:27:25. > :27:31.pressure. He is not very popular in Australia. They feel he has
:27:31. > :27:38.abandoned that style of play with intricate passing and lots of
:27:38. > :27:47.angles. That has gone and they are a more pragmatic side now.
:27:47. > :27:52.Consequently, he is not popular. They need to win. David said if
:27:52. > :27:59.Wales won't be there now, they never will. I think Wales are going
:27:59. > :28:03.to struggle. You have to play against Australia and we haven't
:28:03. > :28:10.got that power at the moment. Afferent five are not as good as
:28:10. > :28:15.they were. We have lots of creative back line players. They are a tough
:28:15. > :28:23.team to slow down. We have already lost against them three times this
:28:23. > :28:28.year. Can it be 4th time lucky? hope so. I don't think it will be
:28:28. > :28:38.through lack of effort this time. Australia have just won at
:28:38. > :28:38.
:28:38. > :28:45.Twickenham. It will be close. I think Australia will just when it