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Castaway
1 appearance
A Welsh rugby union footballer, a great figure in the world of rugby.
On the island
Eight records
Simon and Garfunkel to send you off to sleep.
I like stupid stuff and uh I've got a very crazy sense of humor at times… the one I particularly like is the the art gallery, they visit there.
I'm very, very fond of Neil Diamond and uh one of his great hits, uh Beautiful Noise. I think the way it builds up the crescendo and you know it's fantastic.
Great, great player. But he's contributed, I think, anyway, to the Welsh way of life, and particularly in rugby. And I think most people go on on rugby trips, and his the Scottish trip, I think, is one of his best.
I like uh now and again particularly in a situation I think we were on Ennio Island, something nice and tranquil and uh although it's not so tranquil I suppose, but uh Strauss is the the blue danube.
MyfanwyFavourite
Welsh people are are pretty nostalgic. I'm no different. Uh and I love Welsh uh you know the the hymns and so and so forth. And the record I want is Mavanui.
when this record came along by Olivia Newton John Take Me Home Country Road they said no we don't like that and I thought I was very old fashioned but I think she's a marvellous artist.
I think in many ways I've been very fortunate through sport and obviously through rugby to have done so many things my way. I've had very little round my neck, you know, to pull me here or direct me here or there anyway.
In conversation
Presenter asks
6:36What was your first international in which you played?
I played against Australia in December 1966. That was when I was in college, as I said. And unfortunately, we lost.
Presenter asks
15:03At the end of the 1972 season, you decided to quit at your absolute peak. Why did you go?
it was a case of trying to weigh up what was being offered at the time and uh at the end of the day uh I realized well come on, it's the head and the heart job. The heart tells you carry on playing for Wales and the head tells you come on, you you better call the day mate and reluctantly, you know, and it really was a very and this is a very sad decision.
Presenter asks
17:28How successful do you think you'd be as a castaway, looking after yourself?
I'll probably survive maybe a week.
Presenter asks
19:37The keepsakes
The book
Arthur Conan Doyle
I think I taste something like uh from the the Sherlock Holmes world, I think, because the intrigue, the uh so
The luxury
I think I'd won something with uh predictability, so when I'd hit the tree it came back to me.
From the pitch you've moved to the press box at Cardiff Arms Park, don't you long to be down there?
it's you don't long to be there uh on that particular moment, you know, because you know that it's it's not on. In fact, when I when I finished and I was still fairly fit and I supposedly could have been on the field, I did a bit of trick psychology in many ways at Cardiff where you run up the steps and I r virtually raced up the steps, quite a number of them, to the press box and by the time I got there I was so shattered.
Presenter asks
20:31There have been a lot of changes in the rules in recent seasons. Are they all for the good, and are there any others which ought to be made?
the one very, very important rule has been the um y you're not allowed now to kick directly and to touch outside your own twenty-five. Therefore it means that you've got to keep the ball in play and therefore this encourages creative play. And anything that's creative is going to be good.
“I didn't have much of a chance really because I didn't know what I was going at the time.”
“I was born with a with a very cool you know, I couldn't panic to save my life, uh I mean, what's the point?”
“It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. That's my so I've en I enjoyed my days and I enjoy watching others having the same fun out of it.”
“I've been able to make my own decisions and let's face it, most people would like to be able to say that, but unfortunately they haven't had the opportunity. So I'm grateful, you know, to sport and everything else and the people who've helped you along the line to be given this one privilege. And it is a privilege to be able to say, well, I was able to do most of the things my way.”