- Fri Apr 11, 2025 8:59 am
#72976
........whilst we still remember him dumping Dallaglio on his arse at EP.
Legendary France loose forward Sebastien Chabal has revealed that he is suffering from significant memory loss after his retirement from the game, possibly due to concussions.
Earlier this week, the YouTube channel Legend – which is hosted by French media personality Guillaume Pley – published an interview with Chabal where he made the stunning revelations about his mental health.
“I have no memory of a single second of a rugby match I played,” he told Pley. “And I don’t remember a single one of the 62 Marseillaises [the French anthem] I experienced.
‘I don’t have this memory of past moments’
“I have a few childhood memories. I think it’s because people told me about them. I don’t have this memory of past moments.
“When I talk about it at home with my wife, I tell her that I have the impression that it wasn’t me who played rugby. And since I always thought I was a bit of an imposter, since I got there a bit by chance.
“With the fact of not remembering, I have the impression that it wasn’t me.”
Chabal, who had stints at club level with Top 14 outfits Lyon and Racing 92 as well as in the Premiership with Sale Sharks, did not use the word “concussion” during the interview and revealed that he has not consulted a neurologist.
“Go see a doctor, for what? The memory will not return,” he said.
Legendary France loose forward Sebastien Chabal has revealed that he is suffering from significant memory loss after his retirement from the game, possibly due to concussions.
Earlier this week, the YouTube channel Legend – which is hosted by French media personality Guillaume Pley – published an interview with Chabal where he made the stunning revelations about his mental health.
“I have no memory of a single second of a rugby match I played,” he told Pley. “And I don’t remember a single one of the 62 Marseillaises [the French anthem] I experienced.
‘I don’t have this memory of past moments’
“I have a few childhood memories. I think it’s because people told me about them. I don’t have this memory of past moments.
“When I talk about it at home with my wife, I tell her that I have the impression that it wasn’t me who played rugby. And since I always thought I was a bit of an imposter, since I got there a bit by chance.
“With the fact of not remembering, I have the impression that it wasn’t me.”
Chabal, who had stints at club level with Top 14 outfits Lyon and Racing 92 as well as in the Premiership with Sale Sharks, did not use the word “concussion” during the interview and revealed that he has not consulted a neurologist.
“Go see a doctor, for what? The memory will not return,” he said.
Make Orkney stoat free.
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