About this episode

Non Evans discusses her remarkable sports career and experiences, including her achievements and encounters with notable figures.

The boys are joined by one of Wales greatest ever sports women Non Evans and she talks about going to Boarding school, starting Judo at the same gym as Brett Johns, getting knee injury advice from Craig Bellamy and being the only person to ever represent Wales in 3 different sports at the Commonwealth games. Non talks about meeting Nelson Mandela, commentating at the 2012 Olympics, becoming Wales rugbys greatest ever try scorer, being presented an MBE by Princess Anne, going on Celebrity Mast...

Topics covered

• sports
• judo
• Commonwealth games
• Olympics
• rugby

Keywords

• Wales
• Boarding school
• knee injury
• Nelson Mandela
• MBE
• Celebrity MasterChef

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