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Felipe Contepomi to retire

  • 19-03-2013 3:50pm
    #1
    totallegend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭


    Felipe Contepomi is retiring at the end of the season to focus on his medical career.

    http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Contepomi-raccorche/358020

    At 35, I've had a great career and I've done well out of it. I've had so much enjoyment, but also some injuries which have made training more complicated, particularly on Mondays and Tuesdays. It's a difficult decision to make, but I'm going home to Argentina to begin my career as a doctor. It's a life decision. Now, I want to savour every minute, every training session. That's the key.

    He will leave Stade at the end of the Top 14 but hopes to be involved in the Four Nations tournament.

    Legend.


Comments

  • #2
    ssaye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭ssaye


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRaWx5ci5nM


  • #3
    chris85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭chris85


    Wish him all the best, great player. He was a great for Leinster and helped develop a young Sexton into a world class outhalf.


  • #4
    .ak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭.ak


    One of the best 10/12 playmakers to grace the game imo!


  • #5
    Timothy Bryce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 708 ✭✭✭Timothy Bryce


    A standout memory for me of Contepomi, was when I was at a Leinster v Munster game in the old Lansdowne. He floored DOC with a right hook to the jaw, about 2 metres from the ref....put his hands in the air and asked "what, what did I do?" as the ref handed out a yellow.

    Top man and some servant to Leinster.


  • #6
    Pudsy33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,836 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    My favorite player and one of the reasons I got into rugby. Absolute legend. My mother had the opportunity to meet him numerous times and he was meant to be an absolute gent.


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  • #7
    rchendz92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭rchendz92


    Always a pleasure to watch play, the sport will miss him. Helped Argentina become the force they are


  • #8
    Gracelessly Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭Gracelessly Tom


    Thanks for the memories Dr Phil!


  • #9
    ktulu123
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭ktulu123


    Absolute legend!


  • #10
    peterako
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 720 ✭✭✭peterako


    Pure legend!


  • #11
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I hated him ..... which is a compliment!!


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  • #12
    PhatPiggins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭PhatPiggins


    razorblunt wrote: »
    I hated him ..... which is a compliment!!

    I loved to hate him, mainly because he's so cocky and has the talent to back it up. Seems like a decent human being.


  • #13
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,904 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    *puts on voice from simpsons*

    Bye Dr Phil

    Bye everybody


  • #14
    LeeroyJones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,954 ✭✭✭LeeroyJones


    Top Player
    Top Man

    Thanks for everything Felipe!


  • #15
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Terrific player, made a huge impression in his time with Leinster (and Carlow!) and everywhere else he played.

    Medicine's gain is Rugby's loss!


  • #16
    Swiwi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,631 ✭✭✭Swiwi


    My only regret is that he basically missed representing Argentina in the 4N (but was one of the driving forces behind their inclusion I believe, reflecting his great service to Argentinian rugby).

    A future worthy nominee for IRB hall of fame!


  • #17
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    It looks like Contepomi's plan is to close out his career by playing 4N this year, just like Roncero in 2012.


  • #18
    Swiwi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,631 ✭✭✭Swiwi


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    It looks like Contepomi's plan is to close out his career by playing 4N this year, just like Roncero in 2012.

    Thank you for making my day, Thomond ;)


  • #19
    downthemiddle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,300 ✭✭✭downthemiddle


    Legend

    (and don't forget Dr Phil, your son is Irish)


  • #20
    totallegend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭totallegend


    The ERC website has pointed out that we could see Felipe Contepomi ending his club career at the RDS in the Amlin final! To see him bow out at the RDS against Leinster would be epic, so I'll be getting behind Stade in a big way. Hopefully, with a play-off spot looking unlikely, Stade will target the Amlin properly.


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