Evening Standard X Samsung Lawrencedallaglio Cutdown Final 16x9 2
Evening Standard X Samsung Lawrencedallaglio Cutdown Final 16x9 2
Transcript
00:00 (upbeat music)
00:01 I really enjoyed my rugby career.
00:03 (whistle blows)
00:05 Naturally, there's a bit of anxiety and nerves
00:07 about what you might do next,
00:10 but I'd flip that question on its head and thought,
00:12 well, what can I not do next?
00:14 I'm Lawrence D'Alello.
00:18 I started playing rugby from the age of eight,
00:20 and I played for England for 13 years.
00:21 I was quite excited about retiring
00:23 and trying to step away from the game,
00:24 and I think broadcasting was a good natural fit.
00:27 As a broadcaster who's played the game
00:29 for a long, long time,
00:30 my job is to enhance the viewer experience.
00:33 We are gonna get straight down to it.
00:35 We've obviously got the Rugby World Cup
00:36 coming up in September.
00:38 Everyone's getting very excited.
00:41 So in terms of technology,
00:42 the tablet I'm using is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra.
00:46 The size and the visibility for me is important.
00:48 It's a fantastic size,
00:49 almost the same size as a laptop, if not bigger.
00:52 When I prepare for broadcast,
00:53 having the ability to dictate conversations,
00:56 write notes on a split screen,
00:59 it's pretty cool.
01:00 And I particularly like using the S Pen to write with
01:02 because the S Pen allows me to get that level of detail
01:05 that I really need.
01:06 My two passions were rugby,
01:09 which really saved my life
01:10 and helped me to rebuild my life
01:12 and helping young people.
01:14 I lost my sister when I was 16.
01:16 I was in a pretty dark place,
01:17 making some pretty bad decisions in my life.
01:20 And after about two or three years,
01:21 I thought, right, I need to sort myself out,
01:23 and I joined the rugby club.
01:25 When I retired,
01:27 I felt inspired to set up my own charity.
01:29 I chose to work with young boys and girls,
01:31 aged 14 to 17,
01:32 who are excluded from mainstream education.
01:34 And we take them on a three, four-year program
01:36 and ultimately get them
01:37 into full-time employment and education.
01:39 There is a lot of preparation
01:40 that goes into the work that I do,
01:41 and to be able to separate different roles
01:43 and compartmentalize it on one screen is amazing.
01:45 What rugby work is about
01:48 is about building long-term trust and relationships.
01:52 My mother always used to say,
01:53 make sure you try and make every interaction
01:54 a positive one
01:56 and leave people in a better place than when you arrived.
01:57 And that's certainly what the charity tries to do.
02:00 (upbeat music)