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Dylan Cleaver
Mar 25, 2024
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Christie goes head first in 2016. Getty Images

Shane Christie has spent a lot of time getting angry since he was forced to retire from rugby in 2018, aged 32, due to post-concussion symptoms.

When his great mate Billy Guyton died, he got even angrier.

Then he started thinking.

Then he started writing.

Shane has put together a poignant document, his story, th…

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