The Six Nations preview
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4.6 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Alex Cuthbert preview the Six Nations and Wales' trip to France on Friday. They hear from Wales scrummaging legend Adam Jones - part of Warren Gatland's coaching setup for the Six Nations - and Scarlets in-form wing Tom Rogers. They also discuss the weekend's United Rugby Championship action which included impressive wins for Ospreys and Scarlets.
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| 0:00.0 | Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time. |
| 0:05.0 | Nobody is above him or this football club. |
| 0:08.0 | So how did an apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures in sporting history? |
| 0:15.0 | His strength of character, his determination, the fight on him. |
| 0:18.0 | He can be persuasive, he can be charming, he can be frightening. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm Kelly Cates, and this is Sporting Giants, Sir Alex Ferguson. |
| 0:25.8 | I didn't want to feel, I couldn't feel. |
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| 0:35.2 | The most significant day of the year in the Owen household is December the 1st. |
| 0:41.3 | And that's when everything changes. |
| 0:44.3 | Advent calendar, elf on the shelf comes out, and it's just all geared up for Christmas. |
| 0:51.3 | And I struggle for those three weeks leading up to the 20th, 21st. |
| 0:55.7 | But it's just full on excitement. |
| 0:58.1 | December is unbearable in terms of peaks of excitement. |
| 1:02.3 | And this feels like that right now today. |
| 1:05.2 | This is the Monday before the Six Nations. |
| 1:08.0 | I could not be more pumped as a fan or as a person, because this is the week we all live for. |
| 1:15.3 | So you're as pumped now as your six-year-old son is on December the 1st. Is he six? |
| 1:21.0 | Yes, all relative, all relative, yeah. But I can sense myself struggling to sleep in the next few days. |
| 1:28.1 | I'm quite surprised for a pessimist like yourself, Gareth, but I'm all for it. |
| 1:33.6 | Is this a turning over of a new page? |
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