Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 4 July 2017.
It plays a rich part in our culture and tradition. We’re almost a year on from the Euros, which did more than, I suppose, any politician could have done in raising Wales’s profile around Europe and the world. Yes, one of the things we sometimes forget is, at a time, in the nineteenth century when we had very little else to show as a nation, sport played a huge part in developing modern Wales and giving people a sense of nationhood. It was in 1905 that a national anthem was first sung at any sporting event anywhere in the world, at the Wales-New Zealand game. So, it is hugely important, not just in terms of adding to our culture, but, of course, as an economic driver, particularly in Swansea.