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Wasps greats show support for ex-star now working for the NHS

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Some of Wasps’ greatest players have shown their support for ex-flanker Tom Rees, who now works as a doctor. The 35-year-old was once tipped to be an England captain but was forced to retire from the game in 2012 at the age of 27 due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury. 

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Upon retirement, Rees pursued a career in medicine at Imperial College London and now works at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital. 

With Britain showing its support for the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic, some Wasps legends – from Lawrence Dallaglio and Raphael Ibanez to Trevor Leota – have also passed on messages to their former team-mate, thanking the ex-openside for his work. 

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RugbyPass tells the inspirational story of Leicester’s Matt Hampson

RugbyPass has followed the incredible story of ex-professional rugby player Matt Hampson, who was paralysed from the neck down following a scrummaging accident while training with the England U21s in March 2005. 
In the latest documentary in our Exceptional Stories series, we learn about the 35-year-old prop’s incredible journey since his devastating injury 15 years ago at Franklin’s Gardens.
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Rees made his debut for Wasps in 2003 and went on to play 113 games for them during his career. He also served as club captain between 2009-11 and earned 15 England caps, making his debut in 2007 and representing his country at the World Cup that same year. 

Years of injuries, including multiple shoulder operations, meant he earned his last cap in 2008 against the All Blacks, and it ultimately culminated in his retirement. 

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A starter in the victorious 2007 Heineken Cup and 2008 Premiership finals, Rees’ rugby career was cruelly cut short, but he has now received fond recognition for what he is doing after hanging up his boots. 

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NB 42 minutes ago
'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Nice bit if revisioniusm but that's all it is JW.


For your further education, I found the following breakdown of one prominent club's finances in the Top 14 [Clermont].


For Clermont (budget of €29.5 million for 2021-2022) :

- 20% from ticket sales

- 17% from the LNR (includes TV Rights, compensation from producing french internationals and other minor stuff)

- 5% from public collectivities (so you're looking at funds from the city of Clermont, the department of Puy-De-Dôme and the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)

- 4% from merchandising and events

- 3% from miscellaneous

- 51 % from sponsorships and partnerships. They've got 550 different partners. The main ones are CGI, Groupama, Limagrain/Jacquet, Omerin, Paprec, Renault and of course Michelin (not surprising since they're actually the founders of the club).


As you can see nothing comes from the FFR at all. The LNR is a separate entitiy to FFR and their aims frequently do not accord.


It is also why the European breakaway plotted by LNR and PR back in 2013 had nothing to do with the governing bodies of either England or France - and it most certainly did not have their blessing https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15331030/jean-pierre-lux-anglo-french-cup-detrimental-european-rugby


And from the horse's mouth [ex AB skipper Sean Fitapatrick] about the comp between Top 14 and Super Rugby:


"The Top 14 in France is probably the best rugby competition in the world at the moment, purely for the week-in, week-out.”


“I think the quality of players. They are bigger, they are faster, they are stronger. Which then carries on into the international game.”

Take it from someone who knows JW😅

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