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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Sportsday 20240604 00:55:00

Up to promote fitness and mental wellbeing of the older generation with help currently from the sport works social enterprise. but it s that invite from the rfu that everyone s talking about. one of the five clubs that s been invited to go down to twickenham on saturday, and we re going to play in a festival of rugby 12:15 to 1:15 before england versus fiji. they ve also asked us to be flag waving people and gods of honour. so instead of young kids going out, there ll be a bunch of old fogies going out. but yes, great honour for everybody. everybody s looking forward to it. mark tulip, bbc news. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website that s bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Sportsday 20240604 01:54:00

Have a sense of perspective. it s not as competitive. your aim is to enjoy it, isn t it? and that s it. they re a good mix of people. we re from probably seven or eight different clubs in the region. there s people who have turned up just to have a look who never played before and just come in and embrace the whole scenario. with not many walking rugby clubs in the area. some members travel from far and wide, still working, as this ex netball playing farmer from near rothbury in northumberland, who s made a round trip of more than 75 miles. everyone was so welcoming. i didn t feel that i was letting everyone down and you know, everyone drops the ball on occasion. and ijust loved playing a team sport again. i d forgotten how much i love playing team sports, which i haven t done for decades. the four year old club has grown steadily since being set up to promote fitness and mental wellbeing of the older generation with help currently from the sport works social enterprise. but it s that invite

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Sportsday 20240604 23:55:00

Of the older generation with help currently from the sport works social enterprise. but it s that invite from the rfu that everyone s talking about. one of the five clubs that s been invited to go down to twickenham on saturday, and we re going to play in a festival of rugby 12:15 to 1:15 before england versus fiji. they ve also asked us to be flag waving people and gods of honour. so instead of young kids going out, there ll be a bunch of old fogies going out. but yes, great honour for everybody. everybody s looking forward to it. mark tulip, bbc news. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website that s bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

English , Everyone , Help , Clubs , One , Generation , Talking , Invite , Festival , Twickenham-on-saturday , Sport-works-social-enterprise , Rfu