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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Helen William

Former Welsh rugby chief ‘thought MBE was a prank’

PA Wire

Former Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips has said he thought he was being pranked by a mate when he heard he had got an MBE.

He said he was “surprised” by the “nice” award and added that one of his proudest times in the sport was helping with the two-week conversion of Cardiff’s Principality Stadium into a 2,000-person field hospital for Covid-19 patients during the pandemic.

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