Paralysed rugby player returns to the field where horror incident changed his life forever - and you won't believe what happened next

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24/04/2025 05:36

Exactly three years after a horror injury on the footy pitch changed his life forever, the 38-year-old has returned to the site of the accident and has defied the odds.

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