"Rugby, Dementia and Me"

🎥🎥🎥 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 “𝑹𝒖𝒈𝒃𝒚, 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒆” 𝒐𝒏 𝑩𝑩𝑪 2 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕?

🏉🏉🏉 As someone who has been involved in rugby for most of his life either playing or coaching, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉.

😮 😬 😐 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.

👏👏👏 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆, 𝒔𝒐 𝒏𝒐-𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.

🌍 🌎 🌏 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏, 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉.

🌞🌞🌞 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔.

🎯🎯🎯 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔.

💯💯💯 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔.

𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒃𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

😀 🎓 ☔ 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏, 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔, 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

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