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  • #2
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    His interview with the BBC a couple of months ago was gut wrenching. The greatest scrum half I've ever seen, without doubt.


  • #3
    jayg1971
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭jayg1971


    Yeah I just watched his interview and it was very moving indeed.

    Legend of the game....


    ...to be honest, words fail me at this moment...


  • #4
    Phoenix Park
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Phoenix Park


    Puts things in perspective. Doubt I could deal with it so bravely.


  • #5
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I already mentioned in the other thread, that the disease scares the crap out me, mind is still as bright as a button, speech struggling , visually deteriorating, he's an incredibly brave man.


  • #6
    fat and slow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭fat and slow


    any links for the interviews ? thanks in advance


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  • #7
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,876 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Growing up in the 90s as a teenage scrum half I can genuinely say this guy was my hero. Very sad to see him now, however as inspirational a player he was, the way he is facing up to this battle, which as Justin Marshall rightly said is a battle he cannot win, is even more inspirational than his incredible rugby abilities.


  • #8
    jayg1971
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭jayg1971


    fat and slow wrote: »
    any links for the interviews ? thanks in advance


    The interview I saw was played on BBC before the Scotland v SA match but I have no clue how to link it here, sorry...


  • #9
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,743 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    superb scrum half , possibly the best i remember


  • #10
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    the guy had it all, the physique, the skill, the looks

    and now look, life can be cruel

    the quote that stood out for me was when he said...

    "this disease has humbled me"

    not many would have the guts and honesty to say something like that


  • #11
    Swiwi.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭Swiwi.


    jayg1971 wrote: »
    The interview I saw was played on BBC before the Scotland v SA match but I have no clue how to link it here, sorry...

    Not sure if this is it?



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  • #12
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    I HATE that disease and it sends shivers down my spine when you see those who have been condemed by it. He was one of the best players I have ever seen. How he can be so positive is incredible, with 2 small kids myself its scary how quick this can happen to any of us and the fear it would put through a man for his kids.
    Incredibly sad, and all we worry about is the result yesterday and next weeks game.


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