:00:00. > :00:38.For some it was destiny, written in the stars.
:00:39. > :00:42.For others the writing was on the wall.
:00:43. > :00:47.Which moment of madness had you off your feet?
:00:48. > :01:10.# Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda...
:01:11. > :01:18.And why was this guy laughing so much?
:01:19. > :01:22.See you in Long, see you in Marseille. I can't wait.
:01:23. > :01:28.It's been a monumental year of magical moments.
:01:29. > :01:36.This is the Welsh Sports Review 2015.
:01:37. > :01:47.2015 started with a resolution, out with the Red, in with the Blue.
:01:48. > :01:55.Vincent Tan is sane, red is lucky, but when they start losing red is
:01:56. > :02:03.not that lucky. The thing I think should be sacrosanct is the colours
:02:04. > :02:08.and the badge of a club. Starting from Saturday 10th of January 2015
:02:09. > :02:19.our home kit should be below. It is nice to see them back in blue and I
:02:20. > :02:21.am glad that common sense prevailed. Swansea city are preparing for life
:02:22. > :02:23.without Wilfried Bony. In the January sales the Swans sold
:02:24. > :02:26.Bony and pocketed 28 million quid. Meanwhile back along
:02:27. > :02:35.the M4 their old rivals Cardiff City We are having to shop in a different
:02:36. > :02:42.area. We all not shopping in Harrods now. I think he is shopping in
:02:43. > :02:48.Poundstretcher, I am not sure you can use that, can you? They were
:02:49. > :02:58.never shopping in Harrods, so back to the pound shop, I think.
:02:59. > :03:00.And it was farewell to the Hair Bear.
:03:01. > :03:04.After 95 caps for Wales and five Lions tests it was last orders
:03:05. > :03:11.Time to spark things up for what would be the second-biggest
:03:12. > :03:19.rugby tournament coming to Wales this year.
:03:20. > :03:28.The 6 Nations needs no introduction, it is always going to be massive.
:03:29. > :03:32.Even people who don't support rugby religiously in Wales come out to
:03:33. > :03:38.support that. It is an incredible buzz, no body can wait to get
:03:39. > :03:42.started. You watch the atmosphere leading up to the game and then you
:03:43. > :03:51.start seeing the Welsh appearing everyone. I just really buy into
:03:52. > :03:57.that philosophy. There is no better way to build up to the 6 Nations
:03:58. > :04:03.than with an Eddie Butler montage. The 6 Nations wouldn't be the 6
:04:04. > :04:08.Nations without Eddie Butler saying, but have come up from the valleys
:04:09. > :04:16.and they are here to give their heart. Baha'is of Wales, the tries
:04:17. > :04:27.of Wales. Gorgeous George's lies of Wales. It is like Dylan Thomas has
:04:28. > :04:32.inhabited the body of Eddie Butler. We know exactly the size of Wales.
:04:33. > :04:34.Then they tell you it is Wales-England on Friday night to
:04:35. > :04:47.kick things off. When they beat England the Welsh
:04:48. > :04:51.people will have a smile on their faces for the rest of the year. That
:04:52. > :04:55.is what it means to Wales. Come on, Wales. Just when you think
:04:56. > :04:58.Wales-England can't get any bigger, it does.
:04:59. > :05:16.I thought, and I in a pop concert? I thought I was in a 1970s disco, and
:05:17. > :05:21.there no teams. We started waiting and then we waited some more and
:05:22. > :05:26.waited some more and then it was, they really should be out by now.
:05:27. > :05:34.Little did we know there was a bit of a stand-off in the tunnel. Who
:05:35. > :05:41.will make the first move? England were going, you go first, Wales were
:05:42. > :05:45.going, no, you go first. They got angrier the more it went on and it
:05:46. > :05:54.added to the whole drama and expectation. Are we ready to go,
:05:55. > :06:00.dies? Did we needed, probably not. Did I enjoy it, yes, I did. After
:06:01. > :06:09.that build-up we get to the rugby. Nine minutes in we are happy days.
:06:10. > :06:15.Rhys Webb is off, what a start for Wales. The man of the moment, he can
:06:16. > :06:20.do no wrong, and I can't have been the only one thinking, hello, we
:06:21. > :06:25.have another 30 point coming up, happy days, plain sailing, Grand
:06:26. > :06:30.Slam is on. That is it, we are going to win the World Cup based on that
:06:31. > :06:40.first ten minutes. Sadly, England had other ideas. It must be a try
:06:41. > :06:47.for England. Excellent hands and feet and score by Jonathan Joseph.
:06:48. > :06:53.George North, love him, didn't even know what day it was. How can
:06:54. > :06:59.anybody knocked over George North, he is a man mountain. To see him go
:07:00. > :07:00.down like that, you forget it is a rugby game, you think, please get
:07:01. > :07:04.up. George the giant got back up and
:07:05. > :07:07.came back on. Concussion-gate hit the headlines,
:07:08. > :07:17.Wales' Grand Slam hopes knocked A famous victory for England at the
:07:18. > :07:21.Millennium Stadium. I can smile now but at the time you are thinking
:07:22. > :07:28.World Cup coming up, Lancaster is there, he is in charge, he does that
:07:29. > :07:33.big, look at us, we have one. Certainly not a match we want to
:07:34. > :07:38.remember and luckily enough George North probably won't.
:07:39. > :07:39.Thankfully Wales' women managed to cheer everyone up
:07:40. > :07:45.with this shock win over World Champions England.
:07:46. > :07:54.A chance for Harris to finish it all off. The world champions have been
:07:55. > :07:57.downed, look at those scenes of celebration.
:07:58. > :08:02.Next stop for the boys was Edinburgh, where a confident
:08:03. > :08:07.pundit, Andy Nicol, fancied the Scots.
:08:08. > :08:14.I think it will be tight but I have a sneaking suspicion Scotland will
:08:15. > :08:20.sneak it. Rhys Webb has it and he will score. Rhys Webb is a classic
:08:21. > :08:24.example of somebody on form. Sometimes we weren't firing on all
:08:25. > :08:28.seven does but to know you have a try scorer in him is brilliant and
:08:29. > :08:31.for me John Fox is the key player for Wales. Under the posts he goes,
:08:32. > :08:33.Jonathan Davies with a try. Newport County's boss
:08:34. > :08:48.called it a day. Justin Edinburgh has been confirmed
:08:49. > :08:52.as the new manager of Gillingham. I have no regrets, I have only done
:08:53. > :08:57.what is right for the club. Are you disappointed with the reaction?
:08:58. > :08:57.Without a doubt. I don't know where that has come from.
:08:58. > :09:01.Jimmy Dack was on hand with one of those classic
:09:02. > :09:10.It is like splitting up with your long-term girlfriend and it will
:09:11. > :09:12.take you a couple of weeks but once you get going you will be back on
:09:13. > :09:14.the prowl again. His Swans were on for a league
:09:15. > :09:18.double against Man United Rooney. As shot by Parreira, it is
:09:19. > :09:26.in. 1-0 down but the Jack
:09:27. > :09:32.attack hit back. Enter the man with a rocket
:09:33. > :09:47.launcher in his boots. What a goal! Shelby, a right foot
:09:48. > :09:51.thunderbolt. It screams into the net, doesn't it, here's a phenomenal
:09:52. > :09:59.player. Another glorious chapter in their history with their historic
:10:00. > :10:03.double. It is the stuff of dreams, back in the day Swans fans probably
:10:04. > :10:05.never thought they would do the double over Manchester United. If
:10:06. > :10:12.you do the double over Manchester United something big is happening.
:10:13. > :10:16.The big teams started to fear Swansea city. Garry Monk all of a
:10:17. > :10:18.sudden was the hottest premier property in the Premier League.
:10:19. > :10:27.was getting pumped up in Paris ahead of le crunch with the French.
:10:28. > :10:35.France, Wales, will Wales do it? I am getting a bit excited. With this
:10:36. > :10:38.game I think Wales will come away with this, I am pretty sure that
:10:39. > :10:39.Wales can come here and win. Well, it looked like
:10:40. > :10:55.a pretty good one to us. And then that moment of magic. Rhys
:10:56. > :11:04.Webb, Dan Lydiate, bigger again, the million-dollar try. Dan Lydiate, the
:11:05. > :11:08.genius. Every child in Wales was re-enacting that. Send Dan Biggar
:11:09. > :11:24.in, Leeds Wales again. Ireland came to Wales or guns
:11:25. > :11:28.blazing, what a match. The Wales defence against Ireland, incredible.
:11:29. > :11:34.Shaun Edwards is just a legend Tom isn't he? You don't really feel like
:11:35. > :11:35.they are ever going to be breached, they are so solid.
:11:36. > :11:50.You couldn't fathom these statistics, Luke Charteris, 31
:11:51. > :11:56.tackles made. I counted 31 in one phase but how exciting is defence?
:11:57. > :12:01.It is no tries, no tries, no tries and that defends that day was
:12:02. > :12:07.heroic. I remember being on my feet going, come on! It is lovely to see.
:12:08. > :12:16.We also had a bit of flair in Scott Williams. Newcastle -- Newcastle
:12:17. > :12:22.Emlyn Berrer comes on, incredible. -- boy comes on. Ireland after the
:12:23. > :12:26.match were distraught, Wales are bouncing back to the dressing room.
:12:27. > :12:32.and a Welsh track star aptly named Seren was helping Team GB gather up
:12:33. > :12:34.medals out in Prague at the European Indoor
:12:35. > :12:50.Great Britain somewhat distance in fifth place but a great chance for
:12:51. > :12:54.Davis to bring them back into it. She is developing into a great
:12:55. > :12:59.athlete. Davies trying to get Great Britain into a good position for the
:13:00. > :13:03.handover. We wanted to know more about her, we needed a new athletics
:13:04. > :13:06.star and I thought I was glad she was a woman and she is one to look
:13:07. > :13:06.out for. a trophy since 2007 but this year
:13:07. > :13:20.two goals in just 108 seconds had Quick shot from the blue line, takes
:13:21. > :13:31.a huge deflection and the Devils have 8- will -- have a goal lead.
:13:32. > :13:36.They are champions and the new Iran Wales is very much under way. I'm
:13:37. > :13:40.believable, couldn't thank them enough, I want to thank everybody
:13:41. > :13:44.for this opportunity and I feel good right now. -- unbelievable.
:13:45. > :13:46.Super Saturday ? the Six Nations tournament was coming down
:13:47. > :13:56.Wales had to run riot in Rome and then pray - heavily.
:13:57. > :14:04.I can't remember a better day of rugby than that super Saturday, as
:14:05. > :14:09.it was called. Particularly with the trip to Italy, because we kind of
:14:10. > :14:16.knew we needed a big score. Up halfway line. The first half just
:14:17. > :14:21.happens and we are kind of going, where is Wales? They haven't shown
:14:22. > :14:28.up. The second half, took about Wales coming alive. Amazing. Finds
:14:29. > :14:33.the space, goes in under the posts. All of a sudden Wales cut loose, ran
:14:34. > :14:37.riot and we were jumping up and down, I had never seen a Wales
:14:38. > :14:42.performance like that, devastating attacking rugby. It goes to George
:14:43. > :14:48.North, you are not go to stop him from there. Dan Biggar drops it in
:14:49. > :14:56.deep, George North infra hat-trick. He gets there, second-half
:14:57. > :15:00.hat-trick. I do not -- I don't know what Gatling said in the dressing
:15:01. > :15:07.room but I want him to say it to me because they were unbelievable. What
:15:08. > :15:17.a 6 Nations Rhys Webb has had. The boys just went out and played and it
:15:18. > :15:27.was pure magic. Robertson, Sam Warburton... I think the actual game
:15:28. > :15:32.made everybody happy in Wales to see our boys run with the ball like they
:15:33. > :15:37.did, it is just like, run from everywhere, it doesn't matter what
:15:38. > :15:43.you are doing, just run. Davies has options left and right, finds Scott
:15:44. > :15:49.Williams, can he do it again? All the way through, Scott Williams.
:15:50. > :15:55.Yes, another try in this sensational second half for Wales. What was
:15:56. > :16:00.amazing about that game for Wales was that they almost stuck two
:16:01. > :16:04.fingers up to people who said, they can't score tries any more. They
:16:05. > :16:07.proved that when they need to they can play that kind of game.
:16:08. > :16:09.After 40 minutes of free flowing champagne rugby,
:16:10. > :16:11.Wales switched off - and in the final seconds
:16:12. > :16:24.And what part is that going to play in the destination of this year's
:16:25. > :16:27.Six Nations title? I hope that doesn't come back to want us, I'm
:16:28. > :16:32.pleased with the way we played in the second half but we were looking
:16:33. > :16:35.at it as a 40 point win and it was 16 points. You are always looking at
:16:36. > :16:38.the points difference in the table. I did think they had done enough at
:16:39. > :16:44.that point after that game to win it. There were some people saying it
:16:45. > :16:47.is still on and we can still do it, and mathematically it was still
:16:48. > :16:49.possible, but we kind of knew that it was out of our reach but what a
:16:50. > :16:51.way to go out. and the English overcame the French
:16:52. > :17:02.- but the trophy ended up in the massive hands
:17:03. > :17:05.of Ireland's Paul O'Connell. Island are the RBS Six Nations
:17:06. > :17:09.champions! there was always hope
:17:10. > :17:24.but there was always that little bit With the game going to Israel you
:17:25. > :17:27.always felt, can we really do it? I'd been through too many campaigns
:17:28. > :17:34.with the Welsh football team to think we are going to actually
:17:35. > :17:39.qualify. Ramsey's header, goal for Wales! It's Aaron Ramsey! I remember
:17:40. > :17:45.listening to it on radio Wales and Rob Phillips, I thought he was going
:17:46. > :17:48.to have a heart attack. Bale takes four, five steps back. Whenever you
:17:49. > :17:51.see Gareth Bale standing over a free kick it is like he's taking a
:17:52. > :17:59.penalty so you are always optimistic. Bale hits it, 2-0!
:18:00. > :18:05.Gareth Bale proves again he's the real deal. Gareth Bale really is the
:18:06. > :18:08.Roy of the Rovers, he's the star forward. He scores the goal, he
:18:09. > :18:14.practically breaks the back of the net every time he does score. You
:18:15. > :18:17.couldn't really ask from any more from Gareth Bale in these
:18:18. > :18:22.qualifiers. Is delivered time and time again. Wales have won the ball
:18:23. > :18:31.back Ramsey on the left-hand side of the penalty area, couple of step
:18:32. > :18:38.overs. Bale! 3-0! It is a brace for Gareth Bale. Wales will top Group
:18:39. > :18:44.B3- zero, 3-0 against Israel away, unbelievable. We dominated them, we
:18:45. > :18:47.absolutely ripped them apart. At that point I realised, you know
:18:48. > :18:51.what, we might not beat Belgium come the end of the year but we are very
:18:52. > :18:55.much on our way now we have convincingly beaten Israel. Small
:18:56. > :19:00.part of me that I cannot control started to believe and the 97% of my
:19:01. > :19:05.rational mind was saying: don't let it into your head, you've been here
:19:06. > :19:10.before, you've been hurt before. I can't remember which player said it
:19:11. > :19:15.but after the game post match he said don't get carried away. Right!
:19:16. > :19:16.We are properly getting carried away ready, the camper vans are already
:19:17. > :19:22.booked. Not quite time to book
:19:23. > :19:24.the campervans just yet, But Wales were one step
:19:25. > :19:29.closer to the Euros. Trophy Final against the mighty
:19:30. > :19:31.North Ferriby United - I know, we'd never
:19:32. > :19:39.heard of them either! Opportunity here, Harris, right
:19:40. > :19:44.footed, 2-0. He whips the ball across and it is in, it is 2-2.
:19:45. > :19:46.Anyway it was a classic - last-minute, equalisers,
:19:47. > :19:55.Wrexham are 3-2 down, Kendall with his second of the game. What a goal!
:19:56. > :20:08.What a goal from Louis Moult, three minutes to go of the 120. And it all
:20:09. > :20:17.came down to this penalty. 21 years of age. Thomas, it's a poor penalty.
:20:18. > :20:19.North Ferriby United have won the FA Trophy.
:20:20. > :20:22.And that was the end for the Wrexham manager ? no more extra
:20:23. > :20:34.Anscombe goes himself, Gareth Anscombe goes himself. It was an all
:20:35. > :20:34.Welsh affair at Rodney Parade in the European Challenge Cup
:20:35. > :20:36.quarterfinals. Some called it the biggest game
:20:37. > :20:39.in regional rugby history. A thrilling encounter and
:20:40. > :20:41.the Dragons roared home victorious. The Dragons hang on in there for a
:20:42. > :20:45.win over the old rivals Blues. Swansea City Women won the FAW Cup ?
:20:46. > :20:48.this belter from Sarah Adams helped Cardiff Met were Premier League
:20:49. > :20:55.champions and qualified for Europe ? typical students,
:20:56. > :20:59.any excuse for a party! And TNS completed a domestic treble,
:21:00. > :21:02.adding cups to their league Swansea City rounded
:21:03. > :21:10.off their season in eighth position. Their highest ever Premier League
:21:11. > :21:22.finish, thanks to some more stonkers from Shelvey and this
:21:23. > :21:32.gritty win over Arsenal. Bafetimbi Gomis, it is a goal,
:21:33. > :21:38.Bafetimbi Gomis's header. I love Bafetimbi Gomis, I love life, life
:21:39. > :21:43.is great. I got absurdly carried away. It is almost clear! Can he get
:21:44. > :21:45.the support? the Ospreys had one last throw
:21:46. > :22:00.of the dice against Munster. Flicked wide at Matavesi is outside
:22:01. > :22:01.him. Steps inside, Matavesi has won it for the Ospreys.
:22:02. > :22:12.I want to check if there is a knock-on back here. To call it back
:22:13. > :22:14.it is like the curse of the TMO. Sometimes it's brilliant and
:22:15. > :22:16.sometimes you think, can you not work.
:22:17. > :22:18.Pro player of the year Rhys Webb
:22:19. > :22:30.That is a knock-on, no try, lads. Munster through to the final,
:22:31. > :22:31.Ospreys denied. It was the cruellest of blows.
:22:32. > :22:35.Heartbreak for Matavesi and his Ospreys team-mates.
:22:36. > :22:39.For Barry Boxer Lightning Lee Selby - history beckoned as he was looking
:22:40. > :22:45.to become only the 12th Welshman to win a world boxing title -
:22:46. > :22:47.an IBF featherweight belt up for grabs -
:22:48. > :22:51.Russian Evgeny Gradovich standing in the way.
:22:52. > :23:13.The new IBF featherweight champion of the world, Lee Selby!
:23:14. > :23:33.And the new heavyweight champion of the world, Lightning Lee Selby. Yes!
:23:34. > :23:39.The Barry boy got a hero's welcome back in Barrybados. I didn't expect
:23:40. > :23:48.this, the whole Town turned up. The big game in Group B, Wales versus
:23:49. > :23:51.Belgium, on your home of Welsh sport.
:23:52. > :23:52.Wales-Belgium in Cardiff ? Together Stronger.
:23:53. > :24:00.A nation full of hope and expectation, Wales can take a big
:24:01. > :24:05.step towards France next summer with a positive result tonight. The Welsh
:24:06. > :24:09.boys had such a belief. You could see they actually believed on home
:24:10. > :24:18.turf against Belgium they could beat them. It is a terrible header
:24:19. > :24:26.straight to Bale. 1-0, Wales! Gareth Bale strikes again! The moment
:24:27. > :24:29.Gareth Bale scored was just electrifying. Rugby or football,
:24:30. > :24:38.I've never experienced anything like it. From then on, from the canton
:24:39. > :24:43.stand you could hear it. That song travelled around that stadium. It
:24:44. > :24:49.felt like the players and the fans were all one together, kind of
:24:50. > :24:52.pushing together. It even gives me goose bumps now, it was incredible.
:24:53. > :24:57.I've never witnessed that before at any rugby match at the Millennium
:24:58. > :25:01.Stadium. And it built, and it built, and travelled all the way around. We
:25:02. > :25:05.are 1-0 up and we are going to win this. I turned to my boys who are
:25:06. > :25:10.six and seven, and I said I need you to remember this, you have to
:25:11. > :25:14.remember how special this moment is. Because most of us here have waited
:25:15. > :25:23.a lifetime to experience this. It was truly magical. The final whistle
:25:24. > :25:33.goes and a nation believes! Wales have beaten Belgium, ranked second
:25:34. > :25:37.in the world, thanks to Gareth Bale! The Wales and Belgium match was the
:25:38. > :25:43.key match. That was the real test. That was saying, are we really that
:25:44. > :25:46.good? Ranked two in the world and we beat them, not by much but enough
:25:47. > :25:52.and yet again we didn't concede and yet again Gareth Bale scored,
:25:53. > :25:58.brilliant. Suddenly I was thinking it is on, and can we dare to dream?
:25:59. > :26:01.We all talk as Welsh people are football, football, it's rugby! Hang
:26:02. > :26:06.on, football is going like that now we have the Wale. Everybody knows
:26:07. > :26:10.how much I want to get to a major tournament with Wales, it's at the
:26:11. > :26:13.top of my list. And it is on so we will keep working hard to do it.
:26:14. > :26:16.When the Ashes came to Cardiff for the first test, certain parts
:26:17. > :26:18.of the English press moaned about the weather -
:26:19. > :26:30.Lots of people criticise the pitch but what is amazing on a two, three
:26:31. > :26:32.and four when England were on top those commentators were saying, and
:26:33. > :26:33.I love Cardiff. By the end of the days all the talk
:26:34. > :26:37.was of a sell out crowd, a dashing century and a convincing
:26:38. > :26:40.win for a dominant home team who were on their way
:26:41. > :26:49.to a series victory. It's a great venue and I think we
:26:50. > :26:54.have proved once again we can do cricket at the Swalec Stadium. And
:26:55. > :26:55.you will look back at this! Ashes and says it all started in Cardiff,
:26:56. > :26:57.it all started in Wales. Two-wheel wonder Geraint Thomas
:26:58. > :26:59.became the first Brit to win the formidable
:27:00. > :27:02.E3 Harelbeke - a cobbled classic quite stay on track
:27:03. > :27:06.at the Tour de France, where he went head to
:27:07. > :27:16.head with a lamp post. Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas had a
:27:17. > :27:19.narrow escape on today's 16th stage of the Tour de France. During the
:27:20. > :27:22.first descent he was barged off the road and collided with a telegraph
:27:23. > :27:26.pole before disappearing over the edge of the road. Must admit when I
:27:27. > :27:30.first saw it I thought it was quite funny because his leg was hanging
:27:31. > :27:33.off the bike, like when you are a kid, I want to go that way but I
:27:34. > :27:42.can't. And this is one of the best cyclists in the world. It looked
:27:43. > :27:45.like you head-butted it. Yes, I feel all right for now. I guess the
:27:46. > :27:52.doctor will as me my name and my date of birth soon. Can you remember
:27:53. > :27:57.either? Chris Froome. To get up from that and finish, but not just finish
:27:58. > :28:00.and keep himself in contention, still sixth overall at that against
:28:01. > :28:07.the world's best athletes, the guy is a legend. He's brave as a Lion. I
:28:08. > :28:11.fell off my bike and it took me a year to get back on it. In fact I've
:28:12. > :28:14.not been back on it after I dissipated my shoulder. I do believe
:28:15. > :28:18.that one day over the next couple of years he will be the dominant figure
:28:19. > :28:19.in the Tour de France and that will be great for him, great for Wales
:28:20. > :28:22.and great for the rest of the world. And Welsh women were stepping up big
:28:23. > :28:25.time on the world stage everywhere. A silver for Natalie Powell
:28:26. > :28:31.at the World Judo Masters. More medals for Seren Bundy-Davies
:28:32. > :28:35.too as she anchored the women's 4x400 relay team to bronze
:28:36. > :28:37.in Beijing - becoming only the second ever female Welsh athlete
:28:38. > :28:41.to win a medal at a World Seren Bundy-Davies holding on for
:28:42. > :28:49.bronze for Great Britain! And triathlete Non Stanford -
:28:50. > :28:54.back in action after injury - booked her ticket for
:28:55. > :28:56.the Rio Olympics with a second-place finish at the World
:28:57. > :28:59.Triathlon Final in Chicago. Back on planet football,
:29:00. > :29:01.Swansea City continued to shock Garry Monk picked up Premier League
:29:02. > :29:10.manager of the month in August - after yet another win
:29:11. > :29:17.over Manchester United. Listen to the noise, for the third
:29:18. > :29:24.time in a row Swansea have beaten Manchester United 2-1. We have
:29:25. > :29:28.beaten United, drawn at Chelsea, and I got hugely carried away. I thought
:29:29. > :29:29.we are probably going to finish second and have a good tilt at the
:29:30. > :29:32.title, I think. The Rugby World Cup
:29:33. > :29:34.was edging closer - but who would survive
:29:35. > :29:36.the brutal boot camps? Who would make it
:29:37. > :29:45.into the Dragons Den? What I always think is how harsh it
:29:46. > :29:48.is for those on the periphery of the squad. They turn up thinking I've
:29:49. > :29:53.got to train even harder to impress the coaching staff to get into that
:29:54. > :29:58.31 and do all that training and then they go, listen, thanks but no
:29:59. > :30:01.thanks. Oh my goodness, you must be so gutted.
:30:02. > :30:03.Two warm-ups against Ireland, one defeat, one victory ?
:30:04. > :30:11.and it was decision time for Gats ? 48 had to become 31.
:30:12. > :30:19.Rugby, and Wales coach Warren Gatland has axed read the name
:30:20. > :30:20.British Lions from his World Cup training squad. See you Phillips,
:30:21. > :30:37.James Huck, absolutely brutal. When Wales played Italy, if I had
:30:38. > :30:45.rung Warren Gatland and said, it is one game too far... If I had been in
:30:46. > :30:50.I would have put the rubbish players on, the ones who are never going to
:30:51. > :30:55.help you. Don't put Rhys Webb and Halfpenny on, put on the ones who it
:30:56. > :31:01.doesn't matter if they get injured. It was horrendous, like watching
:31:02. > :31:07.your kids play in traffic. Then of course it started. Rhys Webb goes
:31:08. > :31:13.down... You know straightaway it is not good, you know he is out, they
:31:14. > :31:18.not confirming it but he is out. One of Wales's key players of last year
:31:19. > :31:23.is going to be taken on a. Extremely bad luck for Rhys Webb. The are to
:31:24. > :31:27.go down like he did in that innocuous injury, the pain is so
:31:28. > :31:31.heartbreaking for somebody who has worked so hard to get there. I
:31:32. > :31:38.really felt for him. I was devastated. At this stage we were
:31:39. > :31:43.looking at Gatlin saying, get them all off, blow the whistle, we don't
:31:44. > :31:49.know anything else to go wrong. -- Warren Gatland. And it did. That
:31:50. > :31:55.does not look good, and after losing Rhys Webb it could be disastrous if
:31:56. > :32:00.they lose Leigh Halfpenny for the World Cup as well. The nation is
:32:01. > :32:03.holding their breath because we know how important Bayard to us, the goal
:32:04. > :32:14.kick and the guy who is really unfair on to score tries to us. To
:32:15. > :32:16.lose two key players in a meaningless international match was
:32:17. > :32:21.heartbreaking as a nation but more importantly heartbreaking for those
:32:22. > :32:27.two lads. It felt like the gods were conspiring against us.
:32:28. > :32:28.As Wales' remaining rugby players wrapped
:32:29. > :32:31.themselves in cotton wool, our footballers headed out to Cyprus
:32:32. > :32:33.- not on a lads' holiday, but to take another scalp.
:32:34. > :32:54.Crossed into the middle. Goal for Wales! And it is Gareth Bale again.
:32:55. > :33:14.That goal against Cyprus was just him dragging us to these finals. His
:33:15. > :33:20.levels of consistency for Wales are better than anybody I have seen. It
:33:21. > :33:25.was that moment of Roberts when he opens his arms with the biggest
:33:26. > :33:29.smile on his face and Gareth Bale and the other players running
:33:30. > :33:34.towards them, and they have this massive hug and I think it
:33:35. > :33:41.represented the mass of Wales, stronger together. Whales are one
:33:42. > :33:47.win away from booking their ticket to France. Get the ice and the
:33:48. > :33:53.champagne ready and get ready to pop those corks.
:33:54. > :34:02.would guarantee Wales' European spot.
:34:03. > :34:08.Live football as Wales take on Israel and victory would secure a
:34:09. > :34:13.place in a major type -- major tournament for the first time since
:34:14. > :34:14.1958. This was the day we were going to qualify for France.
:34:15. > :34:28.In the end when I saw Church nick that header I went mental because I
:34:29. > :34:35.thought we were going to get it. It was headed home by Church but he was
:34:36. > :34:38.offside. Close but no cigar. Frustration for Chris Coleman and
:34:39. > :34:45.his men, Israel have been party poopers. Not to be but I am quite
:34:46. > :34:46.sure that sooner or later we will be celebrating.
:34:47. > :34:56.a party hosted by England but gatecrashed by Wales.
:34:57. > :35:05.Even before a ball had been kicked Cardiff felt like the centre of the
:35:06. > :35:11.World Cup. The ball in the wall marked us as the place to be. There
:35:12. > :35:15.was such a buzz around the place. It felt like our World Cup, from Kiwis
:35:16. > :35:17.to South Africa they all came. And everyone loved our FanZone,
:35:18. > :35:29.especially the Irish. There was that great footage of all
:35:30. > :35:36.of these thousands of Irish fans in the supporter 's own watching Japan
:35:37. > :35:43.when they beat South Africa. The buzz was incredible. Japan have
:35:44. > :35:48.beaten South Africa had -- in the biggest shock in the history of the
:35:49. > :35:55.Rugby World Cup. I was particularly fond of the Japanese fan, the
:35:56. > :36:02.bunting Shane Williams. I have never seen such excitement on a man's
:36:03. > :36:06.face. Oh, Shane Williams, he are here is Shane Williams are it is
:36:07. > :36:23.Shane Williams, it is Shane Williams! Sorry... Take picture?
:36:24. > :36:36.Japanese, very famous. No problem. It is OK, buddy. Chill out. OK, and
:36:37. > :36:40.one for luck. There you are. Oh, so...
:36:41. > :36:44.Shane Williams! Shane Williams! It was opera singer Wynne Evans who
:36:45. > :36:47.was given the task of teaching the Welsh team to sing
:36:48. > :37:09.at the official reception. HE SINGS IN WELSH
:37:10. > :37:16.They sing in Welsh I just want to say that Saint God
:37:17. > :37:19.the Welsh rugby team play rugby better than they sing.
:37:20. > :37:25.And Welsh legend Scott Quinnell was also bringing noise.
:37:26. > :37:29.And bringing rush-hour London to a standstill with some good
:37:30. > :37:41.We have to put England under pressure, play a bit wider, be
:37:42. > :37:47.strong, be powerful. These guys know what it is like to win at Twickenham
:37:48. > :37:48.and if they go with that mindset, Bowie, it will be a big day.
:37:49. > :37:50.Come on, Wales! in the bag, Wales arrived
:37:51. > :37:58.at Twickenham for the biggy. It felt like you could multiply
:37:59. > :38:03.every single Wales-England match in history, multiply it by ten, and
:38:04. > :38:13.that was the significance of this game. The Stereophonics, Geraint
:38:14. > :38:18.Thomas, the Prince, I was living large that they, this is the life!
:38:19. > :38:24.We were out of it, we were written off, our players were all over the
:38:25. > :38:29.player, it was curtains for Wales, we were over, we were out, England
:38:30. > :38:36.were going to win. I thought we were over, but that recovery... And then
:38:37. > :38:41.little Lloyd Williams... Lloyd Williams did that little chip.
:38:42. > :38:46.Because he is a scrum-half he in his mind is running the line that Gareth
:38:47. > :38:49.Davies is running, he knows that, I genuinely believe that. This is
:38:50. > :38:54.going to happen, they are going to score!
:38:55. > :39:05.It is almost like the whole world stood still. And the rest, as they
:39:06. > :39:12.say, is history! Williams kicks, it is chaste I'm,
:39:13. > :39:13.Gareth Davies picks it up and he is over!
:39:14. > :39:36.The kick from Dan Biggar! Wales take the lead, extraordinary. Yes! I love
:39:37. > :39:41.it, I love it. Come on. Then write for the death they kick for touch.
:39:42. > :39:47.Why would you do that? You would take a draw. That decision for me
:39:48. > :39:55.sums up the endless. The absolute arrogance of them. And then to watch
:39:56. > :40:02.them lose was just... It was a wonderful feeling. Five seconds and
:40:03. > :40:09.counting, back comes the ball to Dan Biggar. And Wales have done it! What
:40:10. > :40:15.a remarkable victory! A momentous win for Wales! I have never seen
:40:16. > :40:23.Warren Gatland celebrate like that after a game. I could see how much
:40:24. > :40:32.that victory meant to him. We did it against all odds, Wales beat England
:40:33. > :40:36.at Twickenham. What a party. Every single red jersey in the crowd went
:40:37. > :40:46.mental and everybody at home was going crazy. Yes! Get in there! Get
:40:47. > :40:49.in there, come on! Chris Lynn jumping up and down in LA is the
:40:50. > :40:58.social media clip of the year for me. -- Chris Lynn jumping up and
:40:59. > :41:07.down. It represented how we all felt, just screaming with sheer joy.
:41:08. > :41:10.Suddenly you look on WhatsApp macro and there is that Spanish guy
:41:11. > :41:37.laughing. To be honest with you, England
:41:38. > :41:42.should have won that game. It is almost like they did anything not to
:41:43. > :41:48.win. What you think the difference was between the two sides? They won
:41:49. > :41:58.and we lost. This is awkward. There seem to be a lot of turnovers and
:41:59. > :42:04.penalties, did that have an effect. Yes, it probably cost us the game.
:42:05. > :42:17.Do you regret going for the penalty? No. Awkward. Do you think you can
:42:18. > :42:19.put one over them? Hopefully, otherwise we are out both the World
:42:20. > :42:30.Cup. He was rude and if I had done that I
:42:31. > :42:33.would have laughed. He did himself no favours, there was no need for
:42:34. > :42:39.that but I thoroughly enjoyed it. How good was Dan Biggar to quietly
:42:40. > :42:43.go about his business inventing a new dance move, performing it in
:42:44. > :42:49.front of thousands of people every week. Everybody is doing the
:42:50. > :43:07.Biggarena. It is a hair rubbed and... It is
:43:08. > :43:13.whatever floats your boat. I like doing it, that is really sad,
:43:14. > :43:18.isn't it? It is like him getting out all his nervous energy. I watch
:43:19. > :43:26.rugby every Sunday with my children, they are all billing be Biggarena.
:43:27. > :43:32.It is just William. Because he was programmed at birth, because he is a
:43:33. > :43:39.machine, they forgot to unprogrammed this bit, so it stops him going,
:43:40. > :43:41.malfunction, and makes him into the kicker he is.
:43:42. > :43:53.We were legitimately allowed to support Australia because it
:43:54. > :43:59.mattered to us. I have never seen so many Wales fans buying Australia
:44:00. > :44:05.shirts. There was a tweet by the lovely Divina McCall, who I am a fan
:44:06. > :44:10.of, but she was very disappointed that as a nation we couldn't support
:44:11. > :44:24.England on that day. Wake up, Divina! It is us or you, love.
:44:25. > :44:33.# Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda... Please Walt 's, Matilda
:44:34. > :44:45.is, in Twickenham tonight. Funny. England have just lost to
:44:46. > :44:50.Australia. We haven't beaten England leading up to that until 2012.
:44:51. > :44:56.England head coach Stuart Lancaster says... Gutted to be going out of
:44:57. > :45:08.the World Cup, and obviously our World Cup. England are knocked out
:45:09. > :45:15.after losing to Australia. A great night for Wales, though. England do
:45:16. > :45:22.not go out of the group stages of your home World Cup. Cue up more of
:45:23. > :45:24.the YouTube clips, having a Cue more crazy YouTube clips -
:45:25. > :45:41.all having a laugh at It mattered for our path to the
:45:42. > :45:46.final. Beaten Australia would have given us and easier path. Australia
:45:47. > :45:52.are down to 13 men and Wales must go for the jugular. You are thinking,
:45:53. > :45:56.hello, a couple of tries here or at least one. We looked like we were
:45:57. > :46:02.going to school for ten minutes, it looked like a try was a certainty.
:46:03. > :46:09.George North goes back inside, he is over the try-line. Has he got it?
:46:10. > :46:12.No, he has been held up again. Somehow it didn't happen and we just
:46:13. > :46:17.knew, this is not going to be our night. I can't tell you how we
:46:18. > :46:20.didn't score. I'm not sure Wales could have done any more than they
:46:21. > :46:25.did, sometimes you just have to go, it is not going to be our day. We
:46:26. > :46:29.could have won that game, we were over the line, you can't do much
:46:30. > :46:32.more than that. We score that and everything changes.
:46:33. > :46:39.Wales football - with another chance to clinch qualification.
:46:40. > :46:49.Wales go to Bosnia and we only need a point, surely this is it. The
:46:50. > :47:00.corner comes across. It is turned in by a Bisevac, Wales have lost 2-0 --
:47:01. > :47:05.Ibisevic. We lose in Bosnia and it feels like the end of the world.
:47:06. > :47:09.Wales lose and you are thinking, you know what, I've been here too many
:47:10. > :47:12.times. Don't tell me this is going to happen, don't tell me we have
:47:13. > :47:16.done all the hard work and it's going to come unstuck here now.
:47:17. > :47:19.While we watched Chris Coleman looking particularly glum walking
:47:20. > :47:23.around the pitch saying, sorry, we have lost, on the screen that there
:47:24. > :47:31.is a little television telling you Cyprus have beaten Israel which
:47:32. > :47:36.means we are there. Q total pandemonium. Chris Coleman's men,
:47:37. > :47:42.despite being beaten here, have freed Welsh football from the
:47:43. > :47:47.shackles of their history. I started crying, not clubbing, but I suddenly
:47:48. > :47:50.got incredibly emotional. Seeing all the players sliding around on the
:47:51. > :47:57.pitch and Chris Coleman being given the bumps. The Joe Ledley dance
:47:58. > :48:04.going on. It was utter chaos and brilliant to watch. It just summed
:48:05. > :48:10.up how tight this team are, what a United bunch of players they are.
:48:11. > :48:18.You can sort out the holiday plans for the summer because Wales are
:48:19. > :48:22.going to the Euro 2016 finals. We should be there, we always should
:48:23. > :48:23.have been there for stock now 57 years later we are going to be there
:48:24. > :48:25.and it's lovely. Could Welsh rugby match
:48:26. > :48:39.the achievements of the football It is Justin Marshall here again, I
:48:40. > :48:44.am back. First up quarterfinal one, Wales versus South Africa at
:48:45. > :48:49.Twickenham. Prediction for this from me is that Wales will sneak home.
:48:50. > :48:51.Now you're thinking, he's just saying this because it's on Welsh
:48:52. > :48:52.TV. Time for some gladiator-style
:48:53. > :48:56.inspiration from an eight-year old from Aberdare -
:48:57. > :49:08.look out Eddie Butler! Wales, today you will be strong.
:49:09. > :49:22.Take responsibility for your country. 3 million people believe in
:49:23. > :49:27.you. You will be fearless. Will be winners.
:49:28. > :49:30.So Wales back at HQ, again, for a Rugby World Cup quarter-final,
:49:31. > :49:34.against that dangerous animal ? the Springbok.
:49:35. > :49:39.I think if anyone had told us before the World Cup after all of those
:49:40. > :49:43.injuries in the warm up games that we would even get out of the group
:49:44. > :49:46.we would have taken it. But by the time you get to the quarterfinal
:49:47. > :49:50.your expectations are right up here, you think we've made it this far and
:49:51. > :49:56.there is no reason we can't beat South Africa. We've done it, we know
:49:57. > :49:59.we can do it. Gareth Davies's try, but more importantly Dan Biggar's
:50:00. > :50:08.kick chase, the three quarters up and under. Dan Biggar at the 22,
:50:09. > :50:12.still going, passes it on to Gareth Davies and Gareth Davies scores for
:50:13. > :50:17.Wales. The longer the game was going on the more confident I was
:50:18. > :50:20.becoming. As a nation we were becoming. The Welsh team believed
:50:21. > :50:29.they could win it but in rugby it doesn't always go your way. Du Preez
:50:30. > :50:32.is over in the corner. Again, I suppose it was a game we could have
:50:33. > :50:41.won and once again it wasn't meant to be. The boys can hold their heads
:50:42. > :50:47.up high, they did us proud. So we went in the final but there was a
:50:48. > :50:52.certain Welshman who was. Nigel Owens will referee this weekend's
:50:53. > :50:57.World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand. Nigel Owens, is he
:50:58. > :51:02.a referee or a celebrity now? I'm not sure. Our Nigel getting the
:51:03. > :51:03.World Cup final, we're not going to hear the end of this now, he's going
:51:04. > :51:05.to be unbearable. In the final, Richie McCaw's
:51:06. > :51:07.All Blacks lifted the trophy and Sonny Bill Williams
:51:08. > :51:13.lifted our spirits. I thought Nigel's performance was
:51:14. > :51:18.brilliant and he stood up to show he's one of the best referees in the
:51:19. > :51:23.world, if not the best. As a nation, not only should we be proud of our
:51:24. > :51:27.team but we should be proud of Sir Nigel of Owens.
:51:28. > :51:30.From Sir Nigel of Owens to Sir Gareth of Edwards.
:51:31. > :51:38.Gareth Edwards, widely regarded as Wales's best ever rugby player has
:51:39. > :51:46.been awarded at a ceremony at Windsor Castle.
:51:47. > :51:50.Another Welsh athlete dominating on a world scale -
:51:51. > :51:53.Hollie Arnold - the IPC Championships in Doha -
:51:54. > :51:57.The Welsh were really throwing their weight around out
:51:58. > :52:00.there ? a leaner, meaner Aled Sion Davies had already been
:52:01. > :52:03.smashing his own world records all year when he smashed out more
:52:04. > :52:08.What I think he's doing, and he's clever here, he's throwing it just
:52:09. > :52:11.far enough. He can actually throw it a lot further but he throws it just
:52:12. > :52:14.far enough to keep breaking his world record. Everyone reckons I'm
:52:15. > :52:18.just breaking it one bit at a time but I'm honestly not. I just seem to
:52:19. > :52:24.get it one bit at a time. The big jumps will come. Captain marvellous,
:52:25. > :52:28.as I call him. What can I say about him? He just keeps on winning medals
:52:29. > :52:30.at the medals. He's like the Usain Bolt of his sport, I reckon.
:52:31. > :52:33.From the deserts of Doha in the Middle East to the wild wild
:52:34. > :52:38.west of North America - featherweight world champion
:52:39. > :52:42.Lee Selby was looking to defend his title.
:52:43. > :52:50.I'm a world champion so I want world wide recognition and I want to fight
:52:51. > :52:52.in America and look good. Standing in his way,
:52:53. > :53:00.the Mexican Fernando Montiel. Selby really dominating the last
:53:01. > :53:05.minute and would appear to be on the verge of a strong decision victory
:53:06. > :53:14.here tonight. ANNOUNCER: And still featherweight
:53:15. > :53:20.champion, Lee the Barry boy assassin, Selby.
:53:21. > :53:25.He has incredible self belief, he is silky smooth and when you see him
:53:26. > :53:29.fight, to me he looks unbeatable. He's a real warrior, he looks like a
:53:30. > :53:35.boxer and he means business as well. He's the real deal, this Die once
:53:36. > :53:36.it. Again, is great for Wales. Those athletes who are pushing the
:53:37. > :53:51.boundaries. You little beauty. The teenage
:53:52. > :53:54.kicking superstar from North Wales is the Olympic champion.
:53:55. > :53:58.Since 2012 our golden girl Jade Jones had been a bit quiet.
:53:59. > :54:03.This year she did not have a particularly good start to the
:54:04. > :54:07.season. She had kind of lost her Mojo a little bit and her hunger and
:54:08. > :54:09.it was hard to go to training. You could understand it.
:54:10. > :54:11.Nicknamed the HeadHunter Jade had a point to prove -
:54:12. > :54:21.She had the home Grand Prix in Manchester and she went 4-0 down to
:54:22. > :54:25.one of her biggest rivals. With the Spanish girl if you go down it is
:54:26. > :54:28.hard to get her back because she is really a evasive. I got one point
:54:29. > :54:32.back and I thought I'm not losing in front of my home crowd, I caught her
:54:33. > :54:36.in the head and she was phased and stunned and I kept going and came
:54:37. > :54:40.back from 4-0 down. It was an amazing win.
:54:41. > :54:43.Jade's Grand Prix victory cemented her place as the world
:54:44. > :54:45.number one head-kicker and confirmed she'll get the chance
:54:46. > :54:49.to defend her Olympic crown in Brazil next year.
:54:50. > :54:56.Anyone that doubted her, I think she has proved them wrong now. And just
:54:57. > :55:00.excited for her now. She's done the hard work and she can concentrate on
:55:01. > :55:05.Rio. As she says I'm sure she will go back and kick a few heads, she
:55:06. > :55:08.enjoys doing that. When you chat to hurt you would never think she does
:55:09. > :55:11.tae kwon do because she is this beautiful lovely girl until she
:55:12. > :55:13.tries to kick you in the head but luckily with me she has never tried
:55:14. > :55:16.to do that. Welsh swimmer Jazz
:55:17. > :55:20.Carlin made a splash at the
:55:21. > :55:24.Swimming World Cup in Qatar winning two silvers in the 800m
:55:25. > :55:26.and 400m freestyle. And then grabbed golds
:55:27. > :55:31.at the European Champs in Israel. Wales' Hannah Mills
:55:32. > :55:32.was making waves too. sailed to the top of
:55:33. > :55:40.the World Rankings in the 470 class and look like serious
:55:41. > :55:44.medal contenders for Rio. And in rugby league Wales
:55:45. > :55:51.became European champions The pressure is mounting tonight on
:55:52. > :55:54.Swansea City manager Garry Monk. You get somewhere and then you get
:55:55. > :55:58.setback, it's frustrating for me and the players. One win in 11, have
:55:59. > :56:02.scored in seven of those, Garry Monk says he takes responsible at it, how
:56:03. > :56:05.does he turn it around? The next couple of games are crucial for
:56:06. > :56:11.Swansea and they have got to find a whim. At the moment I don't think
:56:12. > :56:14.they will go down. There are problems in the club and I can't put
:56:15. > :56:18.my finger on it and it really worries me. After weeks of
:56:19. > :56:23.speculation Swansea City parted company with Garry Monk. The team
:56:24. > :56:26.have won once in the last 13 games and lie one point from the Premier
:56:27. > :56:30.League's relegation zone. Club chairman Huw Jenkins said he took
:56:31. > :56:34.the decision to part with Garry Monk reluctantly and with a heavy heart.
:56:35. > :56:40.This is what makes modern football so absolutely bonkers. Let's not
:56:41. > :56:45.forget Garry Monk won Manager of the Month. There seems to be no loyalty
:56:46. > :56:48.and football any more. How can you go from a possible future England
:56:49. > :56:50.manager to not being good enough for the team that you guided to eighth
:56:51. > :56:53.position in the Premier League? At the Wales Sports Awards Hannah
:56:54. > :56:59.Brier and Matt Story picked up the Carwyn James Prize for most
:57:00. > :57:01.promising young sports stars. Sir Gareth Edwards was given
:57:02. > :57:05.the Lifetime Achievement. And the BBC Cymru Wales Sports
:57:06. > :57:15.Personality of the Year award went Team of the Year Award to the Welsh
:57:16. > :57:19.football side, and Chris Coleman scooped up the prize for best coach.
:57:20. > :57:24.Preparations for the Euros began with a friendly
:57:25. > :57:34.Joe Allan has never scored for Wales. It is in. A goal from the
:57:35. > :57:44.bearded Joe Ledley gives a chance to see that dance one last time. And
:57:45. > :57:53.what about Hughes's header? Hughes will remember this moment for the
:57:54. > :57:59.rest of his life. But in the end it was a Dutch masterclass. Arjen
:58:00. > :58:03.Robben strikes again. A 3-2 defeat at the moment we had all been
:58:04. > :58:11.waiting for, the draw for Euro 2016. Wales. Wales drawn in Paul B with
:58:12. > :58:16.Russia, Slovakia and England. -- pool the.
:58:17. > :58:32.I'd like to wish the Welsh football team all the best. Good luck. If
:58:33. > :58:34.everyone who said to me, I will see you in France, Jason, there would be
:58:35. > :58:46.nobody left here. We love to sing, we love to dance,
:58:47. > :58:56.we got our passports and we are off to France. Almost everyone I've
:58:57. > :59:05.spoken to said CU in France, see you in Nantes, see you in Marseille. --
:59:06. > :59:10.C U in France. We will all go on some pilgrimage, we should go in
:59:11. > :59:17.single file car and drive through France together, 80,000 camper vans.
:59:18. > :59:21.That would be great, I can't wait. I can't wait, I'm so excited.