Where are they now?
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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?
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@MiketheSnow said in Where are they now?:
@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?
possibly weightlifters?
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righto @MiketheSnow I googled:
We found that a small proportion of people who are genetically predisposed to engage in high levels of physical activity also carry a genetic risk for MND, but only when it comes to very intense anaerobic exercise. Other forms of exercise, like weightlifting, had no effect. Crucially, this link appeared to be independent of head injury, which has also been suggested as a potential cause of exercise-associated MND.
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Cheers
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@sparky said in Where are they now?:
He got a bit cocky and got absolutely skewered by Alan Carr. Did a real Owen Franks on him.
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Got shafted by two blokes who think they're far smarter than they actually are
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@sparky said in Where are they now?:
It going to be interesting to see how Joe Marler cashes in after his stint on The Celebrity Traitors. I think he'd be brilliant on a breakfast radio show
Until he told someone to fuck off
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Fitzy was in Belgium today taking part in a soil exchange ceremony between Nine Elms ceremony, the resting place of Originals Captain Dave Gallaher and Eden Park.
