Scrum V Top 5: Nigel Owens
Scrum V
BBC
4.6 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Comedian and actor Mike Bubbins welcomes former referee Nigel Owens to his bar. Regarded as one of the great referees of the game, Nigel will be revealing his favourite five and six nations matches.
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| 0:35.3 | Hello, I'm Mike Bubbins and this is Scrum 5, top 5. |
| 0:39.1 | Welcome to My Bar, where I'll be speaking to some Welsh rugby legends during this year's Six Nations. |
| 0:44.3 | Today we're talking top five, five and six nations matches. |
| 0:47.9 | So, I'm delighted to welcome someone who's officiated to his fair share of big games, |
| 0:51.9 | one of the great rugby referees. |
| 0:53.6 | It's Nigel Owens. |
| 1:07.9 | Gives me a great pleasure to welcome to my bar. |
| 1:10.4 | Mr. Nigel Owens, how are you, sir? |
| 1:11.6 | I'm very well, thank you. |
| 1:12.6 | I'm very impressive, but how am I. |
| 1:13.6 | Very calm? Well, yeah, yeah. A bit of a labour of love. Yes, yeah. Well stocked as well, look. Don't mess around. I do not mess around. Yeah, I got a beer on draft. a fridge full of beard on there. We got all the horns and spirits. |
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