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Mathew Davies

Wales rugby star Rhys Webb works night shifts making PPE for NHS workers

Wales rugby star Rhys Webb has revealed he has been helping make PPE in aid of the NHS.

The scrum-half has been using his spare time in lockdown to help one of his friends in the effort to produce more equipment for health workers in their battle against coronavirus.

And the No.9, who is now back home in Wales after a spell in France with Toulon, has been working night shifts as part of his effort.

"One of my mates is involved with a company making PPE [personal protective equipment] masks for the NHS," Webb told the BBC Scrum V podcast.

"They needed someone to work a couple of night shifts because they had to reach a certain target. I enjoy doing it so I sleep an hour in the day, go to work about 8pm and come back about 8am.

"We start the process, making basic plastic masks at the beginning of it and they get shipped on to another company, the Royal Mint, and they ship it on to the NHS.

"I think the first couple of shifts I did were 12 hours but we got through about 3,500 masks.

"My sister is working as a nurse at the Princess of Wales Hospital [Bridgend]. Seeing the amount of work she's getting through at the moment, anything I can do to help is easy for me.

"At 2am or 3am, the eyes were getting a bit heavy but seeing the pile get lower and lower made me think 'Come on we can do this'."

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