The Bounce

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Carl Hayman doesn't want to forget

He played close to 450 games of professional rugby and is now suing World Rugby and the RFU. Hayman, 41, tells Dylan Cleaver his story for the first time.

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Dylan Cleaver
Nov 02, 2021
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Illustration by Toby Morris for The Spinoff

Carl Hayman was once estimated to be the highest-paid player in rugby. Now, less than six years after the end of his playing days, he has spoken of the disorientation he felt as his career was winding down, the ceaseless headaches that plagued him and sent him into a spiral of alcohol abuse and frequent suicida…

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