Years old to have achieved what i have in the game but at the same timei have in the game but at the same time i probably feel i achieve more as well. I played in a number of different positions, i moved to 12, 13 and moved to 15, managed pretty much my whole career. I suppose they are the big things, the silverware. The grand slams and the six nations title and the lions caps and things like that, something i will look back on with pride but i think 2007 against england, the last game of the six nations, we played for the wooden spoon and i moved to town which is, iforth i play my best by which is, iforth i play my best rugby and ten and just felt really i had arrived on the international scene. I think one that always sticks out is a world
cup semifinal, i was tough one to ta ke cup semifinal, i was tough one to take andi cup semifinal, i was tough one to take and i still look back and think what if . But it was really tough, it is not one you like to talk about too much, but that was definitely the low point of my career and im sure a the low point of my career and im surea number of the low point of my career and im sure a number of welsh fans would say the same. My my oldest boy is absolutely fair going on after school and he asked ifi going on after school and he asked if i could go and get a book and i said yes, he wanted a rugby book. I was shocked because there was no by was shocked because there was no rugby book fair, it was all football and if doctor is an opportunity here to do something. And i am fortunate enough to have had to book published and doa enough to have had to book published and do a series of childrens books. Stephen maguires completed a sensational comeback at the masters snooker. He was facing australian Neil Robertson in the first round and was 5 1 down when he played what steve davis called the most amazing shot in the history of snooker. It didnt do him much good as the white went in but maguire went on to win that frame and then the next four in a row to snatch an amazing victory to go through to face mark allen or dave gilbert in the last eight. Lets have aquick look at some of the other headlines today. There was another illness scare for england on their tour of south africa but captainjoe root returned to training today after a stomach upset. A mystery bug affected 11 players around the first test. The series is tied at 1 all with the 3rd test starting on thursday. England lionesses will start the defence of the shebelieves cup
title against the hosts and world champions the united states. The lionesses won this event for the first time last year and will also playjapan and spain in the march tournament. Hull kingston rovers prop mose masoe is showing signs of improvement after sustaining a serious spinal injury in a pre season friendly against Wakefield Trinity yesterday. The Samoa International is awake and alert after having surgery overnight. Rob burrow made an emotional 5 minute appearance for leeds rhinos yesterday. It was a sell out at headingly for the match against bradford, a fundraiser for Motor Neurone Disease research. Burrowwas dignosed with the condition last year. He spoke to my colleague sally nugent a little earlier. The sport isnt the biggest but when Something Like this happens, rugby
league, they all rally round and show support. Absolutely unbelievable day i will remember forever. Looking at these pictures, this must have been incredibly tough for you to do. It was. It was tough but it was great. My daughter and i took my son one last time whilst. Took my son one last time you but it was great. My daughter and i took my son one last time you see you are in the early stages, how do you are in the early stages, how do you feel . My voice makes me looked really poorly but i feel really good so really poorly but i feel really good soi really poorly but i feel really good so i can speak but it doesnt come out right, other than that i feel absolutely great. I feel fit, strong, i have got a great appetite, so strong, i have got a great appetite, so other than doing things like this, as it isjust normal so other than doing things like this, as it is just normal life form a. Looking at your fellow players
here, what words of support have theyve been able to give to you . They have been they are from day one. We have spilt a lot of blood on the pitch but they are therefore me 110w the pitch but they are therefore me now when i need them most. And eyesight a friend in need is a friend indeed. I have so many friends and people supporting me. I am very lucky. It is not about me, it is about, for me, raising awareness for this horrible disease. That is something you have already achieved so much, we know you have beenin achieved so much, we know you have been in touch with others who have the same diagnosis. What is your hope . What would you like to achieve . I want to make it massive i know they are making strides in research, i spoke to a professional
professor last week, he was absolutely brilliant for me. Making big strides. So, one day, hopefully they will find a cure. Whether it is in my time or not, that is the hope. Raise awareness, get more people looking into it and hopefully one day cure this horrible disease. Finally, spare a thought for dan ellis, goalkeeper for non league chatham town, he broke his leg in the first half of their fa vase cup tie but played the full 90 minutes and extra time. His manager, who told him to run it off at half time, says he will go down in history but unfortunately they lost the tie 2 1. Thats all from sportsday. Well have more throughout the evening. Storm brendan has swept into the uk, battering Northern Ireland and scotla nd battering Northern Ireland and scotland with winds of more than 90 miles per. There are weather warnings of high wind across much of scotland, with some schools shut and delays to road, rail, ferries and flights. The storm is moving across the rest of the uk this evening. We can talk now to a ship captain who has safely steered his very to some of the worst of that storm. Captain matt lynch is on the stain we are grateful for you joining us. Could you tell us what happened on the way from holyhead to dublin . Good evening and thank you for having me on the show. The weather conditions were very severe, we have been watching them for two or three days now so we timed our departure from holyhead to ensure that we saw storm brendan pass up the irish sea. We timed itjust about perfectly, and were able to make an arrival straight into dublin when the worst of the weather conditions had passed through. Did you and the passengers not feel the storm . We did. We experienced sea conditions about 5 6 metres, it is amazing voyage, the first time we have made the voyage but we have a lot of experience having travelled through china and the various oceans around the world. We had a 5 6 metres sea, the ship that move around but we did what we could to make it as comfortable as we possibly can and of course the safety of the passengers as our real
limitand safety of the passengers as our real limit and what is comfortable for them. So we monitored weather conditions, the ship from lecturing me well, fantastic ship, the real limit is passenger comfort. It took a little bit longer to root than we expected but the main thing is the safety a nd expected but the main thing is the safety and comfort and safety of passengers. You mentioned waves of five to six metres. Can you give is a sense of what it feels like to be rocked by those kind of waves . What we try and us present ourselves to the weather conditions or waves to make sure the ship doesnt move too much and of course the ship is fully stabilised as well. We try and put the big waves just on the bow of the shut, the front of the ship and that eases the motion, so we get a balance between the ship pitching, going up and down, and then rolling which is site to site. We try and find a balance between that to make it as comfortable as we can but if
you imagine almost being on a Roller Coaster, i dont want to site a Roller Coaster because it is not as violent as that, the ship is a lot slower but you are still moving through that five or six metres but it is trying to ease that motion for the people in the shut. 5 6 metres as your average height of a semidetached house in the uk it is a big wave, and a very large well founded ship and of course we do everything we can to make it as co mforta ble do everything we can to make it as comfortable as we can and as safe as we can. How did the passengers react . Where any of them seasick . I think i might have been. React . Where any of them seasick . I thinki might have been. Im afraid we did have one or two green faces on the ship, it is always u nfortu nate on the ship, it is always unfortunate because we dont whatever guests to suffer on their way across and their comfort and safety is our most important priority. The ship is a fantastic sea ship, unfortunately not everyone has their sea legs and were very
sympathetic towards that, that is why do everything we can to make it as comfortable as we can. You are 110w as comfortable as we can. You are now on your way back to holyhead from dublin, what are the conditions now . Much improved but of course the swell is still there from earlier on today, quite a severe and fortu nately today, quite a severe and fortunately quite it passed through very quickly even though the weather and when shes a very high indeed. This year got quite rough, this well isnt really there. It does come down very quickly so going back now iam on board down very quickly so going back now i am on board now, we have departed from dublin, on way back to holyhead infar from dublin, on way back to holyhead in far better conditions now and as you can see there is nothing falling off ta bles you can see there is nothing falling off tables this time. We will let you get back to it, safe travels and thank you for talking to us. Thank you. Lets get more detail about the weather now, with the forecast. It
has been astonished at the weekend thatis has been astonished at the weekend that is more wind and rain on the way for tomorrow. Let me show you the satellite picture. Going to the other side of the atlantic, that area of cloud is developing for tomorrow. This area of cloud, quite clearly as storm brendan. That is brought some damage and some travel disruption and it is still very windy outside at the moment. These are the sort of gusts were looking at for the next few own as the ceiling. Coinciding high spring tides as well. It has been very windy in the Western Isles of scotland, staying that way for a while longer we will see the wind easing down overnight, the band of rain which has been heavy and scrolling should clear the way from the south east of england, clearer skies follow, showers will be wintry in the north and quite a bit of snow falling over the health of scotland, north of the central belt, icy conditions here as well. A bit milder further south across the uk. That asset the scene for tomorrow. That asset the scene for tomorrow. That is what is left of storm
brendan, the next area of low pressure comes in from the south west bringing some rain. Wont be as windy by the morning, perhaps some sunshine around, some showers too and then we see the wind picking up too and then we see the wind picking up from the south west, this is the rain coming in, some heavy bursts of rain coming in, some heavy bursts of rain in the south east of england, wetter weather heading up towards other scotland and Northern Ireland. Strong went across england and wales, for some areas, it may well be windier than we have seen today. All pretty windy in the north west of scotla nd all pretty windy in the north west of scotland and still cold in scotland. It is milderfurther south across england and wales where we are into that wet and windy weather. That will tend to push away for most areas during tuesday evening and tuesday night. The weather front lingering in the south east for a while and close to that area of low pressure, to the north of scotland, more wet and windy weather to the north west corner of scotland. Some rain clearing way for the south east of england in that, should be dry
and sunny and many parts of the country it is a chance to take a bit ofa country it is a chance to take a bit of a breather. Temperatures will be down to about seven or 8 degrees but a lot more drier weather and it wont be as windy. 0nly briefly because there is more went and rain coming in from the west on thursday, by the end of the week and weekend the weather looks very different, much drier, quieter wind, the weather looks very different, much drier, quieterwind, much colder. Youre watching beyond one hundred days. Support and regret after the sandringham summit. The queen gives her blessing to prince harry and meghan on their quest for a new life. The couple will keep their royal titles but want to stop taking royal money. Theres alot still to be sorted out. The iranian government says it didnt try to cover up the shooting of a ukrainian aircraft but that hasnt stopped the protests against the regime. Also on the programme. Dont depend on the special relationship, says the uk defence secretary. The us is withdrawing and the uk needs its own comprehensive defence plan to meet future challenges. Im trying not to be worried,
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