成人快手

Carolyn Hitt presents a lively, anecodotal history of Wales in the Rugby World Cup, Featuring archive and interviews from more than 30 years of rugby's global showpiece, World Cup Dragons traces the Welsh experience in the tournament. Carolyn, who has covered five Rugby World Cups, reflects on the surprise wins, the shock defeats and collects colourful memories from players, pundits and fans alike.

Part one covers Wales' journey through the first four tournaments - 1987, 1991, 1995 and 1999. We hear how Wales fared in that inaugural tournament, beating England in the quarter final, losing to a rampant All Blacks side in the semi and seeing off Australia in a dramatic play-off to finish third in the world. In the words of Paul Thorburn, who kicked a memorable conversion to seal the victory, "It went right to the death and there was a lot of emotion. We were overjoyed at winning."

The next two tournaments brought drama of a darker kind as Wales crashed out in 1991 in the pool stages after being beaten by Western Samoa. As the joke of the time quipped: "Thank God they weren't playing the whole of Samoa!" And in 1995 Wales' torrid campaign ended when they lost to Ireland by a single point. But the bigger story of that tournament transcended sport as post-apartheid South Africa played host. We hear Welsh journalist Stephen Jones describe the emotion of seeing rugby unite a nation for the first time, as Springbok captain Francois Pienaar received the Webb Ellis Trophy from his president Nelson Mandela, who was dressed in Piennar's No.6 jersey.

In 1999 it was Wales' turn to be hosts and hopes were high for a home team galvanised by Great Redeemer Graham Henry. But controversy raged as dubious refereeing saw Wales ejected in their quarter final against Australia.