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00:00The Australia Scrum Project was an initiative started by Whisper TV in conjunction with

00:07the Welsh Rugby Union where Scott Quinnell, Siobhan Lillicrapp and other coaches from

00:14School of Hard Knocks got together to give opportunities for people to try a new format

00:20of rugby, T1, but also to come together and tackle and challenge challenges within their

00:27own lives through the medium of rugby.

00:29They committed training week in week out which was all around Wales, so we had a training

00:34base in South Wales, Mid Wales and North Wales and week in week out people would travel,

00:38there was training up north, from south to north and vice versa and I think that takes

00:42a huge amount of commitment, but also the bravery, determination and the vulnerability

00:48in which the participants showed to progress themselves but also to come together as a

00:53collective in a new format of the game and become a team and therefore become a family.

00:58The growth we saw in all of the individuals was amazing and to culminate that journey

01:06with a wonderful victory in London was just fantastic.

01:11Probably the biggest thing I saw was people challenge their own limiting beliefs, so their

01:19perceived limitations were blown out of the water.

01:22An example being Dolan who never thought he would hold a job or certainly not a job within

01:28a sport, but a huge sport is now working as a community coach with the Welsh Rugby Union

01:32and have an enormous impact on young people's lives in North Wales through his work.

01:38This group of people were amazing, they turned up as individuals and over the course of three

01:43or four months they became this unit, this team that were willing to do anything for

01:49each other on the rugby pitch and they can feel immensely proud of what they've done.

01:55I don't think they realise the impact but I hope they do now, the positive impact they've

02:00had on people's lives and will continue to have on people's lives.

02:04The Street is Scrum programme should absolutely be recognised in our Volunteer Awards.

02:08It utilised a format that highlighted everything that's good in rugby, about creating social

02:17connection, about challenging barriers, about growth, about togetherness, everything that

02:21we love about our sport.

02:25They brought out rugby in its purest form and we should definitely recognise that.