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Steve Thompson forced to retire

Jilm · 2007-04-15 10:48:28

Steve Thompson is retiring from rugby - at 28 years old - due to a neck injury picked up playing Biarritz. Story here

15-04-2007 11:48am

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Steve Thompson is retiring from rugby - at 28 years old - due to a neck injury picked up playing Biarritz.

Story here

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#2 15-04-2007 3:49pm

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Always sad to see. At least it's been fixed up enough not to affect his life off the pitch.

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#3 15-04-2007 3:52pm

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From another front rower who hasn't played since Novemeber due to a neck injury, sorry to see this. A very good player at his peak.

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#4 15-04-2007 3:59pm

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#5 15-04-2007 4:11pm

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I presume there are insurance contingencies for these kind of things. There's also a good charitable trust foundation set up by the RFU afaik.

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#6 16-04-2007 9:03pm

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Sad - my age and his career is over. World class front rower

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#7 17-04-2007 7:41am

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Very sad. I wonder if we are going to see a lot more of this soon with pro players getting so much punishment

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