00:00 [Street noise]
00:09 Take a walk through Cardiff Bay and you might notice something new.
00:12 A statue dedicated to some of Cardiff's most influential sporting heroes
00:16 has just been unveiled and is part of a wider push to showcase the diversity Cardiff has
00:21 and the impact people from ethnic minorities have had over the city
00:24 and over sport across Wales and the UK.
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00:32 This statue just behind me is dedicated to rugby's code breakers as they're so called
00:36 and it's the first statue of non-fictionalised named black men anywhere in Wales.
00:40 The names of these three sporting titans are Billy Boston, Clive Sullivan and Gus Risman.
00:45 Billy Boston, MBE, born in 1934 just a few miles away here in Tiger Bay
00:50 is possibly better known in the north of England than here in South Wales.
00:53 He was a Wigan rugby league legend and has even had a stand named after him
00:57 at Wigan's old home ground Central Park.
01:00 Boston was seen as a living legend at the club and his 15 years playing for the side
01:04 are some of the most talked about in their history still to this day
01:08 after scoring a record 478 tries which is a record that still stands.
01:13 During his playing career he also represented Great Britain 31 times
01:17 and was part of the squad that won the 1960 Rugby League World Cup.
01:21 He's part of the Rugby League Hall of Fame, Wigan's Hall of Fame
01:24 and Welsh Sports Hall of Fame's role of honours list.
01:27 His impact on the sport is almost immeasurable.
01:31 Also featured just next to Boston is Clive Sullivan, MBE,
01:35 another man whose impact far outreaches his roots here in Cardiff.
01:38 Born in 1943, possibly Sullivan's most important claim
01:42 is that he was Great Britain's first black captain in any sport.
01:45 He was influential over the city of Hull and after his death from cancer in 1985
01:50 aged just 42, the main road into the city was named in his honour, Clive Sullivan Way.
01:56 Similarly to Billy Boston, Clive Sullivan also holds the record for most tries for his side
02:00 with 250 for Hull FC and won the Rugby League World Cup in 1972.
02:05 He is also listed on Welsh Sports Hall of Fame's role of honours list.
02:10 The third man in this iconic statue is Gus Risman.
02:16 Born back in 1911 to Russian immigrant parents,
02:19 he played a little earlier than the other two and was one of the first superstars of the sport.
02:23 He is seen as one of the greatest players ever
02:26 and is part of the Rugby League statue in Wembley Stadium.
02:30 Risman played his trade with Salford and Workington
02:33 and is part of the Rugby League in Workington Halls of Fame
02:36 as well as being named on Welsh Sports Hall of Fame's role of honours list.
02:40 He also has a street and training facility named after him in Workington.
02:46 These three are absolute icons of Welsh sport
02:49 and although Rugby League isn't as popular as Union here in Wales,
02:52 the names and now faces of these codebreakers
02:55 will long be remembered by everyone who comes through here.
02:58 Here's Pete Watkins, Local TV, Cardiff Bay.
03:01 Kinslocal TV Cardiff Bay.
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