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Scrum V

S6E22: BREAKING: BBC INVESTIGATES

Scrum V

BBC

Sports, Rugby

4.6961 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

BBC Scrum V break down a series of allegations directed towards the WRU with the reporter who’s been leading the investigation Wyre Davies. The allegations - made by former employees - claim there is a culture of sexism , misogyny and bullying at the organisation.

The WRU has investigated and say proper procedures were followed.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about the

0:03.8

podcast I work on. I'm Dan Clark and I commissioned factual podcasts at the BBC.

0:08.6

It's a massive area but I'd sum it up as stories to help us make sense of the forces shaping the world.

0:15.3

What podcasting does is give us the space and the time to take brilliant BBC journalism

0:19.8

and tell amazing compelling stories that really get behind the headlines.

0:23.7

And what I get really excited about is when we find a way of drawing you into a subject

0:28.4

you might not even have thought you were interested in.

0:30.2

Whether it's investigations, science, tech, politics, culture, true crime, the environment,

0:36.1

you can always discover more with a podcast on BBC Sounds.

0:39.7

You're listening to BBC Sounds.

0:48.0

Hello, welcome to the Scrum Five Podcast.

0:50.0

Now following headlines you may have seen in your news feeds today, this podcast will have a slightly different field

0:56.8

compared to your weekly rugby analysis. There is a Sex Nations preview which will come out later this week, but this one will in detail break

1:05.5

down the very serious allegations directed towards the Welsh rugby union with a reporter

1:11.0

who's been leading that investigation, Wura Davis.

1:14.1

If you haven't seen them, let me give you a short breakdown.

1:17.0

Now for the first time, former employees of the WIAU have talked to the BBC Wales

1:21.5

investigates team, which includes were about their time working that,

1:26.0

claiming there's a toxic culture of sexism at the organisation. The alleged incidents of sexism, misogyny, sexual harassment and bullying at the Welsh rock union

1:37.2

have been described as on a level with Yorkshire cricket and British gymnastics by 1 MP.

1:44.1

We're a thank you for joining us.

1:46.3

Firstly, give us more detail about the nature of these allegations.

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