Henry Thomas - 'I'll show how Welsh I am'

Scrum V

BBC

Sports, Rugby

4.6 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Former England prop Henry Thomas tells the Scrum V podcast how proud he is to be called up by Wales.

31-year-old Thomas has not played for England since 2014 and qualifies for Wales through his father.

He has been selected in Wales' extended World Cup training squad and Thomas says being capped by Wales would equal anything he's done in his career.

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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	Hello, hello, welcome to the Scrum 5 podcast, another special.
0:37.6	Coming right at you, we are back in the south of France to meet the mystery man, Lauren.
0:45.0	Well, if you've clicked on this podcast,
0:47.0	you've probably seen the words Henry Thomas in the title.
0:49.6	And you know that actually we are not in the South of France either,
0:52.4	but a member of the team has
0:54.2	been out to the South of France to speak to said Henry Thomas.
0:58.6	Yeah the new prop involved in the Wales squad or will be involved in the wider World Cup squad.
1:04.3	He qualifies for Wales for his father.
1:06.5	He's a prop who's won the title with Monpeleier last season.
1:10.7	And we're just hoping to get to know them a bit better.
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