- The star posted 62 caps for France before retiring from the game in 2014
- He is convinced that his memory will never come back but “rediscover life” at 47
A rugby icon insists that he will not see a doctor despite a tragic memory loss after a career to bequeath.
The former star of France, Sebastien Chabal, said that he did not remember a “unique match” of his sparkling days in a heartbreaking interview this week.
Chabal, 47, obtained 62 caps for France and played for Bourgoin domestic clubs, sales sharks, racing metro and Lyon.
He is not the only one to undergo such consequences, and more than 560 former players continue the sporting bodies of sport, blaming rugby for paralyzing brain damage after suffering repeated heads.
The ex-French attacker Chabal explained how he had suffered from memory problems since the call in his career in 2014, speaking of the YouTube program “Legend”.
“I don’t remember a single second in a rugby match that I played. And I do not remember only one of the 62 Marseiles (the national anthem of France) that I lived, “he said.
Rugby legend Sébastien Chabal says he will not see a doctor despite his fight against memory loss
Chabal, 47
The winners of the World Cup in England Phil Vickery (on the left) and Steve Thompson (center) are among the 560 former rugby players to have registered in the collective recourse of concussion since 2022
“I’m not talking about it, because it’s just my business, but there are a lot of actions that are carried out by former players, as a team, because we took a hit on the helmet. There is the dough that hit the marrow.
“I don’t remember anything. Sometimes I tell my wife: “In fact, I was not the one who played rugby”.
Chabal admitted in the interview that there was not much that he could do now to improve his memory, insisting on the fact that he will not come back.
“Why bother? My memory will not come back, “he said, when he was asked if he went to the doctor about it. “I rediscover my life. Before playing rugby, I never realized that I don’t remember anything.
Other former players are more positive about potential recovery. The former Wales star, Alix Popham, revealed that the treatment of the experimental brain that changes life in Mexico in 2023 had on him after his devastating diagnosis of the etc in April 2020.
“Things are much better. I don’t lose my thinking about as much, ” said Popham after treatment.
Players suffering from neurological conditions such as early dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have been a subject of discussion in progress in sport in recent years.
In 2022, a group of 185 lawyers continued the rugby guiding bodies for negligence, alleging that sports for many years caused brain damage.
The winners of the England World Cup Phil Vickery and Steve Thompson are among the 560 former players to have registered in the rugby authorities.
Mail Sport reported last month that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and important technological advances lead to the hope that the treatment of head injuries and the management of concussion in rugby – as well as in professional sport – can be revolutionized.
