Alex Cuthbert: 'I can still offer a lot to Wales'
Scrum V
BBC
4.6 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This week Alex Cuthbert joins the Scrum V pod to give his insight into the Wales World Cup squad.
Cuthbert missed out on selection after a calf injury saw him unable to take part in any of the warm ups.
He now joins Lauren Jenkins and Nicky Robinson to discuss the 33 players picked by Warren Gatland for France, that tantalising opening match against Fiji and why he feels he can still offer something at international level.
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| 0:00.0 | Boxer turned bouncer Viv Graham was one of the northeast most notorious hard men. |
| 0:06.5 | It was huge, you were strong, we could take anybody out. |
| 0:09.0 | Not many men on earth could match Viv Graham. |
| 0:11.6 | But his life of violence led to his downfall. |
| 0:15.0 | Why did it happen? |
| 0:16.0 | Why did they do that? |
| 0:17.3 | How did Viv Graham build an empire? |
| 0:19.8 | It was the power, the presence, the aura. And who was he, really? |
| 0:24.4 | Gangster, the story of Viv Graham. |
| 0:27.4 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.4 | You're listening to BBC Sounds. |
| 0:33.6 | It's Lewis, Reese, Zavitz. |
| 0:36.6 | I think Lewis is different from other rugby players. |
| 0:38.8 | He's not afraid to put himself out there. |
| 0:40.2 | I think he's got the potential to become one of the hottest properties in rugby. |
| 0:44.3 | Unfiltered access to the golden boy of Welsh rugby. |
| 0:47.2 | I was scoring tries, I was having fun, I was playing well and nothing could seem to go wrong |
| 0:50.8 | for me. |
| 0:51.8 | Being Louis Reastammit. |
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| 0:56.0 | Okay, so a few weeks ago, |
| 0:58.0 | Gathri Soen made a big song and dance |
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