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that had historically been commonplace in Wales, however his father objected. In 1994, he was promoted to a Druid (white robes). Davies was
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In recognition of the contributions made in the Welsh-language, he was honoured as a member of the
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to present the Welsh-language news programme Y Dydd. Five years later, he moved to the BBC where he initially worked on sports programming for their Radio Cymru service. In 1983, Davies commentated on the first live television coverage of a rugby union match in the Welsh language on the newly
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tournaments for S4C, in addition to other international and domestic rugby matches before retiring in 2014. He also presented BBC Wales and later S4C's coverage of the
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