Faraj Benlahoucine, Media365: published on Wednesday April 19, 2023 at 10:44 p.m.
Carl Hayman, former great pillar of the All Blacks and Toulon, shared the ordeal he lives on a daily basis due to neurodegenerative disorders.
The plague of concussions has been shaking the world of rugby for several years. Jamie Cudmore, for example, sued his former club, Clermont. In parallel, an association has been created to defend former players affected by serious sequelae. Among the biggest names we find the Welshman Alix Popham or the Englishman Steve Thompson who no longer remembers having won the World Cup with England in 2003. Another world champion in danger who also spent his career on the front line, Carl Haymanconfided his ordeal to the daily.
“It’s like see when you wake up that your phone is only 30% charged and know that you will have to last the day with.” A frightening observation shared by the former All Black with 45 selections hit by the symptoms of early dementia. “Basically, this means that I have a limited amount of brain energy per day (… ) This is the best way to sum up my situation and it must constantly pay attention to what you are doing and how you want to spend this energy” also detailed the famous right pillar at theAFP. Subject to memory loss, he admitted to having suicidal thoughts due to the growth of his disorders.
Artisan of the boom period of the RCT
This great number 3 which made the happiness of the Rugby Club Toulonnais was in the Var this Tuesday at the Zénith de Toulon where the XV de la Rade launched its Hall of Fame. Eight former glories of the club, including Eric Champ and Jonny Wilkinson, were honored in front of Carl Hayman, Sonny Bill Williams and even Guilhem Guirado. Winner of the three consecutive RCT Champions Cup between 2013 and 2015 and of the Brennus conquered in 2014on the other hand the New Zealander remembers very well this period and these exploits constituting the golden age of Toulon.
