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Thanks for that. I wake up in pain everyday as well, The only difference is I am 59 and have worked construction for 39 yrs.

Played football and rugby, both to a good level. My body is wrecked too. Waiting for a knee replacement at 60. But I still have good fitness, resting heart rate of 38, and I cycle and swim.

Only ever played at an amateur level but smashed up my knee aged 19 and still paying for it 30+ years later. It's a great sport but you have to accept that you're pretty unlikely playing for any amount of time and not getting injured. Before I did my knee I tore my quad on the other leg 😂

I'm hearing more and more former professionals say that "rugby was not worth it!". I've only ever played amateur rugby and walking/limping into work and having to explain all my injuries was fun!!😂😂😂 When I worked in more manually intensive jobs, rugby always hampered me!!😬😳🤕😵‍💫😵

I  do  feel  sorry  for thee   fellows ....they  have  given   us   so much  pleasure  by their playing  .

My body is fairly badly damaged from rowing and related (insufficiently supervised) weight training as a teenager and early 20s and also playing a little bit of rugby.  The thing that really terrifies me about rugby and the thing that meant I was very happy for my son to announce he didn't want to play it is the risk of long term brain damage.

Has , you still love rugby right , good interview, Good luck mate ,

Good interview thanks James 🙏🏼

His strangie hold on Marler's neck would have aided his rehab to no end. 😂🎉

There's no fixing it, it's a byproduct of the sport.

This is why i would direct people towards other sports like soccer, basketball, tennis, cricket etc.
Sport is meant to improve your health & wellbeing not subtract from it.

James is one of the lucky ones. Plenty of his peers got Alzheimer's in their 30s. I love the game but I wouldn't let my kids do it now.

Wait until you get to your 70s!

The big collisions have ruined rugby in my opinion. Was watching some old matches from eighties and nineties and it was a whole different game. More skilful I think …. Certainly more enjoyable to watch.

It is the same thing with Marler: Haskell should lose mass if he wants to have less pressure on his joints, heart, and overall well-being. Why is he now retired, in pain and carrying useless muscle mass? Incongruent with what he is saying about managing his health.

Probably very fortunate the pandemic derailed his Bellator career

The guys are just too big now it’s a car crash

And all without the use of PEDs 🙂😂😂

It's sort of a shame the amount of info coming out in recent years about just how much rugby is wrecking players. It's such a fantastic sport to play and watch, but being so messed up for the rest of your life doesn't seem worth it. Maybe there needs to be more of a reality check for when players should be encouraged to retire, and the sport just ends up having to be only for when you're that bit younger and can take the punishment. Then again, I played a bit at school and some tackles felt like they might've done permanent damage even back then.

Sebastian Chabal lost his memory due to this sport, he doesn't remember anything....