Where are they now?
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Fall from grace from one of the great rugby renaissance men.
https://greenandgoldrugby.com/rocky-elsom-renaissance-man/
Speaking of renaissance men. I see Anton Oliver is keeping his nose clean at least. A bit of nude modelling the extent of his exploits.
"I did it because I didn't want to do it"
Legend
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@Frye said in Where are they now?:
Fall from grace from one of the great rugby renaissance men.
https://greenandgoldrugby.com/rocky-elsom-renaissance-man/
Speaking of renaissance men. I see Anton Oliver is keeping his nose clean at least. A bit of nude modelling the extent of his exploits.
"I did it because I didn't want to do it"
Legend
Haha, I love Pinetree Meads grumpy old man reaction to Antons exploits.
What he’d make of todays All Blacks with dyed hair and tweeting every five minutes is anyones guess.
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"I did it because I didn't want to do it"
Confining himself to the disyllabic? Must have been tough.
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@Higgins said in Where are they now?:
Possible change of address coming up soon?
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A similar thing was in the NH club thread:
@Catogrande said in NH club rugby:
A nice little story:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cdrl4dng1l2o
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@antipodean said in Where are they now?:
There’s just nothing the great man can’t do.
With Tom Blundells recent woes I wouldn’t be surprised if SBW donned the keeping gloves and gave test cricket a go.
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Liam Messam is currently doing the Taupō Ironman.
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Have you seen Rocky Elsom recently? If so, the French legal system would like to know where he is.
The former Walllaby skipper has been fined 100,000 Euros and given a two-year jail sentence for misusing funds when he was Narbonne President.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c93njgl5559o
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47-Year old former England Captain and Flanker Lewis Moody has revealed he's got Motor Neurone Disease.
Best wishes to him and his family and close friends.
I hope they receive every support they need.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cz7rddrrlqno
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@nzzp said in Where are they now?:
@sparky it's horrible.
I saw a reference to an italian study that suggested that elite athletes got MND at a rate up to 6x the population - due to the high exertion and oxygen deficits apparently.
Total suck though. Horrible disease.
Was wondering about why it seems common in sport.
Sad for Moody and his family.
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@nzzp said in Where are they now?:
@sparky it's horrible.
I saw a reference to an italian study that suggested that elite athletes got MND at a rate up to 6x the population - due to the high exertion and oxygen deficits apparently.
Total suck though. Horrible disease.
One would expect long distance athletes to be fucked
Must be a combo of many factors
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@nzzp said in Where are they now?:
@sparky it's horrible.
I saw a reference to an italian study that suggested that elite athletes got MND at a rate up to 6x the population - due to the high exertion and oxygen deficits apparently.
Total suck though. Horrible disease.
Yeah so sad seeing Joost Van Der Westerheizen and Doddie Weir suffering like they did. Horrific disease
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@MiketheSnow said in Where are they now?:
@nzzp said in Where are they now?:
@sparky it's horrible.
I saw a reference to an italian study that suggested that elite athletes got MND at a rate up to 6x the population - due to the high exertion and oxygen deficits apparently.
Total suck though. Horrible disease.
One would expect long distance athletes to be fucked
Must be a combo of many factors
Was thinking about this - long distance tend to be aerobic heavy monsters rather than 'spiking' effort.
So they aren't going full anaerobic effort like (for instance) pushing in a scrum in Union. Or doing sprinting combined with contact/effort. So possibly not a great comparator.
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@nzzp said in Where are they now?:
@MiketheSnow said in Where are they now?:
@nzzp said in Where are they now?:
@sparky it's horrible.
I saw a reference to an italian study that suggested that elite athletes got MND at a rate up to 6x the population - due to the high exertion and oxygen deficits apparently.
Total suck though. Horrible disease.
One would expect long distance athletes to be fucked
Must be a combo of many factors
Was thinking about this - long distance tend to be aerobic heavy monsters rather than 'spiking' effort.
So they aren't going full anaerobic effort like (for instance) pushing in a scrum in Union. Or doing sprinting combined with contact/effort. So possibly not a great comparator.
Bodybuilders then?
