Product Description

The Best Rugby story ever told! The Official WRU and 6 Nations Committee DVD release. OVER 2 HOURS OF EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS AND EXCLUSIVE BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE OF ALL 5 WELSH VICTORIES.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7448 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-04-14
• Rating: Exempt
• Formats: Dolby, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 120 minutes

DVD Description
Presented by the flying winger Shane Williams this is the Official Team Wales documentary DVD of their RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam success. Features incredible behind-the-scenes footage throughout the campaign including exclusive interviews and insight from the players and coaches, unique training-ground footage, incredible fly-on-the-wall footage from the dressing room before, at half-time and after the France game and much, much more. Never have the emotions of a Grand Slam-winning team been captured so vividly and this is a must watch for all Welsh fans. The programme is interspersed with highlights from all of the Welsh victories.

Synopsis
This official Welsh Rugby Union and Six Nations Committee title presents a comprehensive review of Wales' Grand Slam-winning performance throughout the Six Nations Championship in 2008. Includes highlights of Wales' matches against England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, and France, as well as featuring interviews, press conferences, photo shoots, and training ground and dressing room footage.

Review
Introduced by local heroe and try machine Shane Williams. This DVD is the Ultimate guide to the Welsh 2008 Grand Slam Victory!! DVD EXTRAS Exclusive fly on the wall footage from the dressing room, half time team talk and post match celebrations. Never seen before training ground footage Exclusive interviews with Manager Warren Gatland, Coach Shaun Edwards and key players. --R. Pearson

Customer Reviews

6 Nations in 2 hours
After reading negative reviews I was apprehensive about buying this DVD. However, I'm glad I eventually succumbed as it's really enjoyable and a great way of reliving the 2008 Grand Slam in around 2 hours. It contains highlights of the 5 matches with commentary, interviews with the players and footage from the locker room. Gatland and Edwards are interviewed numerous times and Shane Williams gives his perspective and talks us through his tries after each match. A great package!

Mighty Welsh Dragon Breathes Fire Once More
Wow what a season for Welsh rugby and this two hour DVD captures perfectly the highlights of the five victories on the pitch as well as some of the behind the scenes tension and excitement as Wales rejuvenated under Gatland, Edwards and Howley swept all before them. I absolutely loved this, and have watched it three times already in the four days since it arrived, and cannot imagine me tiring of it any time soon. I enjoyed the 2005 Grand Slam DVD review with then Man of the Tornament Martyn Williams interviewed by Ieuan Evans but this format works even better I beleive with an overview from the Welsh wizard himeslf Shane Williams whom is so modest in his commentary, in contrast to his world class performances on the pitch which won him the 2008 Man of the Tournament award as well as the deserved accolade from many critics that he is currently the best player in the World. The DVD captures what rugby and the Grand Slam means to a passionate rugby nation on the day of the French match when no amount of rain can dampen the spirit and expectation of the fans, and their desire to see the boys as they make their way through Cardiff to the ground on the coach. Then you have the poignant sight of Manon and Gwenan, the daughters of one of the greatest heroes of both Welsh rugby and culture, Ray Gravell trying to catch rain drops before the team arrives at the Millennium Stadium. At half time with the game far from won, who else but Shaun Edwards to rally our boys and remind them that just another 40 minutes of pain and putting their bodies on the line will see them write their names in history. Then having won the Slam, the euphoric atmosphere both on the pitch (which my son and I were lucky enough to witness live) and in the changing room after is priceless and you insticntively sense that these boys didn't just want to win it for themselves, but also for each other because the cammaraderie is so apparent, despie the intense rivalry that existed during the tournament from the twenty nine in the squad for the starting fifteen shirts, and of course Gatland dealt with some of those challenges so superbly by playing in most games both Hook and Steve Jones, Huw Bennett and Matthew Rees, Mike Phillips and Dwayne Peel, Gethin Jenkins and Duncan Jones, and so on, These boys are now deservedly legends taking their place alongside the 70's greats so many of us grew up with and adored. I loved every moment of this fitting tribute to the playing and coaching heroes of Welsh rugby's tenth Grand Slam.

Disapointing
I was so exctited to see this DVD a chance to see the mighty Welsh rugby team preparing for one of the biggest games in our history only to be massively disapointed by a serious lack of behind the scenes footage, where have the other 6 days gone!! This programme cant even be saved by the highlights as they are far too short to really tell the story.