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Welsh Rugby and Its National Heroes

Episode 18 of 30

Clare Balding visits Cardiff Arms Park to explore the vital role rugby plays in shaping Welsh national identity.

Clare Balding's at Cardiff Arms Park for this edition of the series that explores how sport made Britain and Britain made sport. Here she looks at the vital role rugby has played in shaping Welsh identity; the stadium was built to be an emblem of national pride, a fortress for Welsh sport in its capital city.

She talks to the legendary Welsh captain and scrum half, Gareth Edwards about Wales' glory days of the sixties and seventies and the impact the introduction of professionalism had on the national side. She also talks to Professor Tony Collins from The International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University

The reader is Alun Raglan.
Producer : Lucy Lunt.

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15 minutes

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Thu 5 Jul 2018 02:15

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  • Wed 22 Feb 2012 13:45
  • Tue 22 Jul 2014 14:15
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  • Wed 17 Aug 2016 14:15
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  • Wed 4 Jul 2018 14:15
  • Thu 5 Jul 2018 02:15

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