England Rugby legend Steve Thompson joins Laura Woods and Ally McCoist to discuss his Dementia and how it has impacted him and his sporting memories.
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19 Comments
Marguire should take Advice and go for Rugby trials.. Instead of hurting his own players, He'll quickly fit in Rugby with his twisting slides and dragon kicks
This guy is a legend. Represented our country with so much passion and pride. It’s so sad to hear of his struggles. He’s doing a great thing in raising awareness.
This is the side of sport that most ppl don't wanna talk about. Glad he's spreading awareness about it.
Seems fine to me. He does not seem like Joe Biden.
Northampton Saints and England legend. Amazing attitude.
I had to play Rugby for 5 years at school and I regret playing it to, for no other reason than it's complete shite
Part of the job. Just like boxers, mma fighters. Don't cry after. They never listened to others their whole career.
Rugby really ain't a good sport. Your pretty much guaranteed to retire with some kind of brain injury or disease. It's not like any kind of combat sport because at least fighters have months between fights .rugby will probably die soon
Feck me.. Talk Sport with a real story for once..Learn from this ffs..Respect to Steve 👏👏👏
It’s incredibly sad what’s happened to him but he keeps blaming rugby for his struggles and says he regrets playing rugby yet what he forgets to mention every time he talks about it is that he was told to stop playing after he broke his neck and he did stop and then he returned a few years later so I can only have so much sympathy for him, no one forced him to play let alone return so don’t attack the game and take some accountability
What a legend. From New Zealand.
Please dont let this put you off contact and impact sports, the benefits way outweigh the risks
Pro rugby is in a weird place and this interview highlights the place it’s in, great sport but the consequences aren’t worth it.
Didn't mind the money though
Steve should have stopped after he broke his neck – like the doctors advised him to. A brilliant servant especially to the England set up, but that's not worth your health by a long shot.
Brave man, fair play to him
Every sport every activity has a risk , yes show awareness about more likely dimenatia could happen , tho let's not stop sport, like football stopping kids heading a ball.
Its tough.. I was a professional sportsman. Two major back surgeries.. can t walk properly. Have alot of constant pain. Can't play with my kids or join in. So not only physical issues but I have the mental pressures. I made those choices so I live with it.
I remember Thompson retired because of a neck injury and then came back, paying back the insurance payout.