Roar to Rodney

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00:00Well, this is the last day of our week of rugby, from athletics rugby, which is seconds

00:16rugby for seniors, all the way through to the day, from under 12s up to 16s.

00:22What's it about?

00:23Great community, every community club in the Dragons region enters the cup and play competition

00:29in the region and we all ought to strive to get into this great stadium we're in today.

00:34Just look at them out there now, look at the crowd, I think we're in a good 2,000 people

00:39a day.

00:40I would say about 25 staff a day, start 8 o'clock in the morning, don't finish till 6, even

00:46half 6 at night, after they're tidying up, so they're invaluable.

00:50Just seeing the kids, their faces, good kids, see the coaches over there enjoying themselves

00:55as well, they've all been impeccably behaved, which is great, and the crowd, it goes a

01:00long way.

01:13An absolutely tremendous event, and as you can see behind me, there's been a lot of games

01:17with eighth grade rugby, a fantastic experience for the players and a fantastic experience

01:23for the supporters as well.

01:24All in all, this week has just been a great week.

01:26For me, Rodney Parade, home of the Dragons, it's the best stadium in Gwent, and for these

01:32children and youth players as well to be experiencing this is a huge thing, something they'll never

01:38ever forget.

01:39Winners, losers, the end result is rugby's the winner, and it's been really good for

01:44the district, really good for the region.

01:53It gives, obviously, children from under 12s all the way through to senior rugby the

01:57opportunity to have that competitive element of rugby, so it helps give an opportunity

02:03for those young children to experience coming here to the packed stadium at Rodney Parade,

02:09which is fantastic to see.

02:11They'll cherish this forever, it'll live long in their memory.

02:14Obviously, a massive thank you to everybody who was involved with the Dragons Cup, all

02:17our volunteers.

02:18It takes a lot of work for this to go ahead behind closed doors, so obviously a massive

02:23thank you to the parents, club coaches, everybody involved in our club game, which makes everything

02:29run so smoothly.