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You're listening to BBC Sounds. Hello everyone I'm Galatry so in. Welcome to the Scrum Five podcast as per

Nicki Robinson is alongside me and this week we're joined by Tommy Bowe.

69 caps for Ireland scored the winning try against Wales in Cardiff to win the Grand Slam in 2009.

Tour twice with the Lions five tests in total terrific try scoring rate and of course

from a Welsh perspective spent four seasons with the Ospreys plenty of stories to tell is actually quite erudzite and well

spoken and it's no surprise that he's now a TV presenter as well. We

tackle some serious topics as well as the lighter ones and who the real hard man of

the Ospreys was. Mike Phillips, Andrew Bishop, Richard Hibbard, well all will be

revealed on this week's pot.

Here's Tommy. What a pleasure

pleasure, Tommy Bow on the Scram Five podcast. Tommy, we start with the same question every time we've got somebody outside Wales it's a nice easy banker who's the best

Welsh player you've played with or played against.

Aye Garath, Nicky, Guttre be on and the best, I think the player I used to always hate coming up against and was glad to be on the same side as when I joined the Ospreys, with Shane Williams. As a winger coming up against another winger,

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