Boxer turned bouncer Viv Graham was one of the northeast most notorious hard men.

It was huge, you were strong, we could take anybody out.

Not many men on earth could match Viv Graham.

But his life of violence led to his downfall.

Why did it happen?

Why did they do that?

How did Viv Graham build an empire?

It was the power, the presence, the aura. And who was he, really?

Gangster, the story of Viv Graham.

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You're listening to BBC Sounds. Hello, welcome to the Scrumify Podcast, I'm Gara 3-0. This is a different pod but a very important pod.

And I'm sure you're all aware of the coverage of the civil unrest in America following the death of George Floyd.

And it's ignited a conversation about racism

across the world and so many people myself included had to look at themselves

and ask well what what can we do close Close to the home though, Dragon's Wing Ashton Hewitt has been very vocal on social media.

Calling out racism after a user on Twitter questioned whether athlete Sam Gordon was Welsh just

because of the color of his skin. In this pod you'll hear from Ashton as well as

former Wales International Nathan Brew basically about their experiences of racism in

their day-to-day lives as well as what the encounter was playing rugby.

Ashton, he describes himself as new boat through and through having grown up just

off Corporation Road before moving to the Kaleen area in his late teens. His mom is

white, his dad is British Jamaican and despite only being 25 years of age he's got a degree in

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