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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 639079" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>Eh? He's one of the most humble, lovely players you'd ever want to meet:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1C1C1C">"Look, you've got probably the best full-back in the world in Halfpenny and he's only 24. Sam is only 25," he says. "They get the headlines because they are fantastic players. I'm not massively bothered about it."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1C1C1C"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1C1C1C"></span><span style="color: #1C1C1C">"If I could walk out in Cardiff on my 100th cap, with my daughter, that would be brilliant," he says. "When I was subbed after 30 minutes, it can't have been easy for my parents. To be in the crowd when I was maybe getting abused can't have been nice. For them, it will be pretty special."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1C1C1C"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1C1C1C"></span></span></span><span style="color: #1C1C1C"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">And will he accept that he is one of the all-time Welsh greats?</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1C1C1C"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"I'm not sure about that," he says. "In stats, maybe. I will look at it when I finish, but when you consider where I came from, not destined for anything, it's surreal what's happened, like going to Downing Street and meeting Nelson Mandela.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1C1C1C"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"Some of the people you meet and the benefits you get from rugby are fantastic. I'd never have dreamt of it."</span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 639079, member: 55446"] Eh? He's one of the most humble, lovely players you'd ever want to meet: [FONT=arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#1C1C1C]"Look, you've got probably the best full-back in the world in Halfpenny and he's only 24. Sam is only 25," he says. "They get the headlines because they are fantastic players. I'm not massively bothered about it." [/COLOR][COLOR=#1C1C1C]"If I could walk out in Cardiff on my 100th cap, with my daughter, that would be brilliant," he says. "When I was subbed after 30 minutes, it can't have been easy for my parents. To be in the crowd when I was maybe getting abused can't have been nice. For them, it will be pretty special." [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#1C1C1C][FONT=arial][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]And will he accept that he is one of the all-time Welsh greats?[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1C1C1C][FONT=arial][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]"I'm not sure about that," he says. "In stats, maybe. I will look at it when I finish, but when you consider where I came from, not destined for anything, it's surreal what's happened, like going to Downing Street and meeting Nelson Mandela.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1C1C1C][FONT=arial][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]"Some of the people you meet and the benefits you get from rugby are fantastic. I'd never have dreamt of it."[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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