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steve, thanks so much. because the truths coming out now and people are starting to see what it s for, we are not trying to ruin the game, we are trying to make this game so it can last and go on for ever and young kids can enjoy it. steve, something i read after the book came out was a reviewer who said, actually, this is a very different kind of sports book, and it s one of the most important sports books that s been written for a very long time. not because of the way you described the great games and the sporting achievements, but because of how you describe coming to terms with profound mental illness. and the honesty you have in dealing with that. in a funny sort of way, maybe that is a bigger achievement than winning a world cup. it is, like, a few people have contacted me on linkedin
to see what it s for, we are not trying to ruin the game, we are trying to make this game so it can last and go on for ever and young kids can enjoy it. steve, something i read after the book came out was a reviewer who said, actually, this is a very different kind of sports book, and it s one of the most important sports books that s been written for a very long time. not because of the way you described the great games and the sporting achievements, but because of how you describe coming to terms with profound mental illness. and the honesty you have in dealing with that. in a funny sort of way, maybe that is a bigger achievement than winning a world cup. it is, like, a few people have contacted me on linkedin and things like that. they have said, you know, it s not a sports book, really. they said they weren t going to read it because, oh, it s another sports book. but they read it and they re so happy they have, they ve
two years ago, he would have played on. they said, no, bring him off. he had to have three weeks out. he was apparently find the two and a half weeks, and it was only towards the end of the third week that he started showing symptoms. that was him done for the end of the season. otherwise he said, we would have made him play, that would have been another half of rugby and two more games before the brain injury showed. i came back to you, and it sounds weird, but i was buzzing, this is brilliant. that s what i get the goose bumps from. we are helping. a lot of people, down at twickenham, so many people. steve, thanks so much. because the truths coming out now and people are starting to see what it s for, we are not trying to ruin the game, we are trying to make this game so it can last and go on for ever and young kids can enjoy it. steve, something i read after the book came out was a reviewer who said, actually, this is a very different kind of sports book, and it s one of the most im