NIGEL OWENS - RESPECT

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🗓️ 23 April 2017

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

Nigel Owens MBE is a Welsh international rugby union referee. He is one of three professional referees at the Welsh Rugby Union.

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00:00 Trailer.

02:07 Brian’s thoughts on the episode.

04:44 Brian’s introduction.

05:26 The game of rugby and what it means to Nigel.

09:41The value of respect in the different culture of rugby from football (soccer).

13:41 What it is like to walk out as a referee on to the stage of a rugby field.

19:37 Known for his one liners.

25:24 How Nigel reads the temperature of a game of rugby.

29:04 The national rivalries taking place in sporting arenas.

32:11 TMOs, their use and value.

34:45 Rugby team management styles and importance of grass roots rugby.

39:49 Nigel talks proudly and passionately about Wales, the country and its language.

44:42 How Nigel came to be a referee.

49:00 Growing up in Wales, Nigel speaks out against bullying.

53:49 Mental turmoil in coming to terms with his sexuality and of a suicide attempt.

1:05:26 Further years of worry about possible consequences of coming out to the rugby community.

1:15:51 The response to him coming out.

1:17:45 Nigel talks of his journey in order to help others who struggle with mental health issues.

1:23:04 Communication by speaking to people, is key in sport, work and life.

1:26:32 Possible reasons for lack of gay players coming out in other sports.

1:32:33 Only when you are allowed to be true to yourself can you be the best at what you do.

1:37:03 The future of rugby in the context of safety in a hard, dangerous, contact sport.

1:41:59 Success secrets.

1:42:44 What we would be surprised to learn about Nigel.

1:48:02 Nigel’s sadness at not having children.

1:52:54 Phone call to the 20 year old Nigel Owens.

1:54:45 Best advice ever received.

1:55:50 Advice to the young man watching who wants to be a referee like Nigel or a rugby player.

1:57:19 Brian’s summing up.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	One of the most important values of rugby is ethos and its value of
0:09.5	respect. It's a matter where you're from what the color of your skin is your religious
0:13.5	belief is your sexual orientation there is a place for you within the rugby
0:17.5	family. This is not soccer is that clear back you go get on to the game and that's
0:22.2	why rugby means a lot to me.
0:23.5	There is no doubt that, you know,
0:25.0	I probably wouldn't have able to be who I am today
0:28.0	and being myself if it wasn't for the great sport that rugby is. When I was 24, 25 years of age I was suffering from
0:38.0	mental health issues, very depressed in a very, very dark place fighting
0:42.0	against my sexuality, becoming somebody I didn't want to be.
0:45.4	Balemic, I thought there's only one way out now.
0:49.7	And that is to end my life.
0:51.5	And that's when my moment, the moment my life changed in accepting
0:58.1	who I was. Until you accept there is something that you need to address in your life, then you're not going to get out of that.
1:06.0	You're not going to do something about it. I accept that now that I, who I was.
1:10.0	Rugby's allow me just as anybody else. It hasn't treated me just as anybody else.
1:19.0	It hasn't treated me any differently. I owe more to my family and friends and the sport of rugby than they or
1:25.8	rugby will ever ever ever go to me. The I'm going to do. So, This week on the show we have Nigel Owens who is an international rugby referee.
2:14.7	He holds the world record for 71 test matches and he's a really fascinating guy.
2:20.3	He is on the field in front of 30 huge alpha males and he tells them what to do and being a
2:27.1	referee and holding court at this very aggressive sport when millions of people are watching
2:32.4	you around the world
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