{"id":8349,"date":"2025-04-10T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/8349\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:47:12","slug":"france-rugby-legend-sebastien-chabal-cant-remember-a-single-second-of-his-career-in-candid-memory-loss-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/8349\/","title":{"rendered":"France rugby legend Sebastien Chabal ‘can’t remember a single second’ of his career in candid memory loss interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUGBY legend Sebastien Chabal admits he can’t remember a “single second” of his illustrious career.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman played 62 times for Les Bleus<\/a> but has suffered from memory loss since hanging up his boots in 2014.<\/p>\n

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French rugby star Sebastien Chabal has opened up on his post-career health issuesCredit: AFP\"Sebastien<\/a><\/p>\n

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The 47-year-old played for Les Bleus for over a decade and won 62 capsCredit: Getty\"Headshot<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chabal admits he can’t remember a single game he played for his countryCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Chabal, 47, enjoyed spells with Bourgoin, Sale Sharks, Racing Metro and Lyon. <\/p>\n

He was known by French fans as l’Homme des Cavernes – or The Caveman – due to his long locks and huge beard.<\/p>\n

The lock was renowned for his ferocious tackling and hardman persona on the field. <\/p>\n

But since leaving rugby behind, Chabal has been plagued by medical issues. <\/p>\n

He revealed to YouTube show Legend<\/a>: “I don’t remember a single second of a rugby match I’ve played. <\/p>\n

“And I don’t remember a single one of the 62 Marseillaises [France’s national anthem] I’ve experienced.”<\/p>\n

Chabal also revealed he can’t remember the birth of his daughter Lily-Rose. <\/p>\n

He continued: “I don’t talk about it, because it’s just my business, but there are quite a few actions that are carried out by former players, in teams, because we’ve taken a hit on the helmet. <\/p>\n

“There’s the pate that hit the marrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I don’t remember anything. Sometimes I say to my wife, “Actually, I wasn’t the one who played rugby”.”<\/p>\n

Steve Thompson \u2018can\u2019t remember winning Rugby World Cup\u2019 after England icon is diagnosed with early onset dementia<\/p>\n

Chabal did not mention concussion during the interview and confirmed he has not consulted a neurologist.<\/p>\n

He added: “Why bother? My memory won’t return.<\/p>\n

“I’m rediscovering my life. Before playing rugby, I never realised that I don’t remember anything.”<\/p>\n

Former England star Steve Thompson<\/a> recently revealed he had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia. <\/p>\n

It comes as the sport continues to grapple with the long-term issues potentially caused by violent collisions and concussions. <\/p>\n

Thompson won the World Cup<\/a> with the Red Rose in 2003.<\/p>\n

But he admitted in 2023 that he didn’t remember lifting the trophy Down Under.<\/p>\n

Speaking to ex-teammate Phil Vickery, he said: “It’s weird. There’s nothing there. I can’t even remember being in\u00a0Australia.<\/p>\n

“The whole lot is gone. And there’s nothing there. My life, everything around then, is just not there.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RUGBY legend Sebastien Chabal admits he can’t remember a “single second” of his illustrious career. The Frenchman played…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36,5342,5343,5341],"class_list":{"0":"post-8349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-rugby-union","12":"tag-rugby-world-cup-2023","13":"tag-section-sportrugby-union"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114314454763925785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}