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In this podcast
3:15 - Welcome Richard Tombs
3:40 - Kiwi norm and his up bringing
11:00 - His old man and growing up in the country
13:30 - The Armidale School
15:00 - Beating Joeys
18:00 - Moving from league to union
19:55 - Australian Schoolboys tour of England
21:55 - Moving to College
25:20 - Taking a year off Rugby
36:55 - Touring with the Wallabies
38:05 - Making his Wallabies debut
41:00 - Rod McQueen
42:50 - The Maori side step
44:00 - Playing against the All Blacks
46:32 - Frosty relations with David Campese
49:09 - Super Rugby & NSW Waratahs
54:05 - One final season at North’s
57:02 - Retirement and finding social soccer
59:20 - Why he was goal keeper
59:54 - His recollection of his injury
1:01:45 - Losing all feeling and the ambulance ride to the hospital
1:06:00 - Prognosis from the Doctors
1:10:15 - Rehab
1:12:42 - Living with spasticity
1:14:53 - His mental approach to the injury
1:18:32 - Guns out for Tombsy & Rugby 1st
RICHARD TOMBS
Richard Tombs is a former professional rugby union player with his career seeing him earn 5 caps to the Australia Wallabies, debuting against Scotland in 1992 while also playing for the NSW Waratahs and Northern Suburbs.
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Adrian Moose Skeggs CEO of Australia’s newest sporting business community, Rugby 1st, has partnered to support Richard Tombs and the Guns Out Spinal Foundation as their primary Partner for Purpose.
‘Moose’ as a long term school friend of Tombsy see’s the inspiring story of courage and commitment and we believe his message deserves to be heard not just within, but beyond, the Rugby community. Rugby 1st would like to try and make a difference and how we could do that beyond just a financial contribution to Tombsy and the Guns Out Spinal Foundation.”
Rugby 1st will be supporting Richard and Guns Out Spinal Foundation via a direct donation from Rugby1st membership fees, plus paid speaking and appearances at events and are working to create new opportunities for Tombsy within the Australian business community. This podcast, facilitated be Rugby 1st, is another of another example of Tombsy being able to tell his story
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