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Jackson column: Rhys Thomas' plight puts injury into perspective

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Jackson column: Rhys Thomas' plight puts injury into perspective

Rhys Thomas is a part-time coach of Newport High School Old Boys in Division 3, East A. He has a heart condition and takes 17 tablets a day. Thomas had a quadruple bypass and was on the transplant list for two years. He claims that rugby owes him £90,000. Peter Jackson's column puts Thomas' plight into perspective. It is not as serious as Billy Vunipola's hamstring, Dylan Hartley's concussion and Manu Tuilagi's knee. The former Wales prop made his debut for Wales in Buenos Aires in June 2006. His heart attack during training with the Scarlets in January 2012 put an end to his career.

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