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The Rugby Pod talks about the struggles of retiring as a professional player
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The Rugby Pod this week spoke heavily on the importance of mental health awareness in the sport. One of the subjects that surrounded this was how players mentally approach retiring and how this can be a big loss in their identity.
Jim Hamilton spoke extensively about his experience with retirement after Saracens, talking about how he went from being in a team environment to being alone for large parts of the day.
This discussion in itself becomes a lot more relevant when we take into account the recent retirement of Joe Marler from International rugby. The 28-year-old will still be playing for Harlequins, however, this still does highlight the pressures that rugby players must deal with as they progress in their careers.
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To be fair it was nowhere bear the Leinster first team (for which, btw, Leinster copped nothing like the outrage that Jake White did for sending a rotated team to the UK). But it’s fun to watch the Stormers doing their thing. They are attracting big, diverse crowds of young fans, and deservedly so. Great to see.
Go to commentsIt might be legal but he’s sailing pretty close to the wind. Not a lot needs to go wrong for Finau to end up in the bin. Was it late? Not quite, but borderline. High? A couple of CM within the laws, no room for error with that one. Did he wrap the arms? There was a token effort to wrap one arm, the intent was clearly to hit with the shoulder. So yeah, it’s legal, just. But as we all know, a very slight change in the dynamics could easily have him seeing red. Hopefully not when it really matters.
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