Scrum Half in a senoir League

Its time for me to admit that this goal is not going to happen. That’s ok. There are so many things I want to do in this world that I’m not going to let myself get down about not being able to complete this goal.
Its my third year in university, the surgeon who was going to do surgery retired, and left me with no replacement doctor, and I feel like I’m back to square one.
My back is so bad, that they suggest I never play rugby again. At first I was obviously not ok with this at all, but now I am ready to admit my strengths and weaknesses. Besides, is playing rugby for a few years really worth not being able to play catch, or wrestle with my future children? Of course not. I’m giving up on this goal.

Well its been some time since I updated this goal and things arent looking good. I had a few scans done (took forever on the waiting list). I might need to have an operation on my back. I’m not sure what that means for this goal. I’ve also been out of sports for so long now becuase of this injury I don’t even know if I’d be a competitor if i re-entered sports. Sorry about the depressing entry but I’m still hopeful. The risks and the details about a potential operation is going to be explained to me in November so until then wish me luck

Well i wrote a year ago how I would be disapointed if I didnt get to play rugby my senior year and sure enough i suffered an injury stopping mefrom playing. (If this makes sence) My disk is out of place and is sitting on my syatic nerve. I went to the doctor and he gave me a few needles, then after a few months of no improvements i went to physiotherapy and they werent able to do anyhting either, altho they did call in some university students to study me becuase i apparently have two old man injuries at the same time while in high school… (lucky me). So I missed out on highschool rugby, and now I’ve also missed out on what would have been my rookie year on my university team. Its been a year with this injury, and i really dont know what to do, it hasnt gotten any better and normally if it was just pain i’d play through it but its limted my range of motion too much for me to play anything, especially something with heavy contact (I could potentially blow my disk). The next step is seeing a olympic specialst who deals with athlete injuries, and although i’m very hopeful I’ve already accepted that I will have this injury for the rest of my life.

Sob story I know, and I’ll give it another year for rugby season to start before i have to regretably drop this goal.

If anyone has any information on my sort of injury and how you or someonee you’ve known has dealt with it i would love to hear it. Thanks

Man, rugby is the toughest sport ever and is so much more fun to play then football. All I use to do was play football until i discovered rugby, my new love.

I can’t wait for my senoir season to start, I play scrum half and was even nominated for MVP last year! I’ll be very disapointed if I dont get to play in a league next year, so here’s hoping my season goes well! (I wish the university I plan to go to had varsitie rugby, instead of only club)

WoOt RuGbY ;)