Rugby international takes on his biggest challenge to prove the game he loves has caused his dementia. Commentator: look at this alix popham drives for the line he s there! alix popham s rugby career seemed timed to perfection. As he started playing, the game went professional. He was able to turn his passion into a well paid job. But he says after more than a decade of putting his body on the line, he s paying a high price. So these are the memories, yeah? that one is my last game for wales, against england in 2008, my last game. Do you remember the game? no, nothing. I know we won. I ve seen the jerseys with me with my hands in the air at twickenham, but i can t remember being on the pitch. So you played in the game, you ve got the shirt, but you don t remember the game at all? at all. What i ve been told is my brain was so inflamed at that period. And most. Most of my career, i ve said before, i can t remember because we were doing so much contact, my brain was inflamed. So you.
Commentator: look at this alix popham drives for the line he s there! alix popham s rugby career seemed timed to perfection. As he started playing, the game went professional. He was able to turn his passion into a well paid job. But he says after more than a decade of putting his body on the line, he s paying a high price. So these are the memories, yeah? that one is my last game for wales, against england in 2008, my last game. Do you remember the game? no, nothing. I know we won. I ve seen the jerseys with me with my hands in the air at twickenham, but i can t remember being on the pitch. So you played in the game, you ve got the shirt, but you don t remember the game at all? at all. What i ve been told is my brain was so inflamed at that period. And most. Most of my career, i ve said before, i can t remember because we were doing so much contact, my brain was inflamed. So you. The memories weren t storing. So you had an inflamed brain because of the contact you were doing. Yes. A
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He s paying a high price. So these are the memories, yeah? that one is my last game for wales, against england in 2008, my last game. Do you remember the game? no, nothing. I know we won. I ve seen the jerseys with me with my hands in the air at twickenham, but i can t remember being on the pitch. So you played in the game, you ve got the shirt, but you don t remember the game at all? at all. What i ve been told is my brain was so inflamed at that period. And most. Most of my career, i ve said before, i can t remember because we were doing so much contact, my brain was inflamed. So you. The memories weren t storing. So you had an inflamed brain because of the contact you were doing. Yes. And the hits you were taking, and you were still turning out for wales? wales. Club. Training. Wow. Years after he retired from rugby, alix found his memory getting worse. I got lost on a bike ride and it s a bike ride i ve done 50, 70 times. And ijust had a blackout moment and didn t know where i was,