Rugby.At 27, a Welsh international stops his career to become a doctor

By Simon Galinier published leactu rugby my news

At the end of this 2021-2022 season, the winger-rear of Wales, Hallam Amos (25 selections) will experience a singular trajectory.Indeed, at only 27 years old, the cardiff blues player decided to end his career as a professional rugby player to devote himself fully to his medical studies.A choice of life as laudable as it is surprising.

"It is a perfect transition from the field to the hospital," said Hallam Amos

The Welsh International, who played two World Cups in 2015 and 2019 with the Leek XV, himself announced this news, this Thursday, October 14, on its social networks:

"Taking up your retirement at 27 is certainly strange ..."

The Stockport native made his professional debut with the Newport Dragons in 2011, before joining the Cardiff Blues in 2019.Not summoned by Welsh coach Wayne Pivac, for the next fall tour, he will finish his season with the Club of the Welsh capital, before being definitively withdrawn:

A fate at the Jamie Roberts

This amazing trajectory is reminiscent of another Welsh international, the Newport Dragons Center, Jamie Roberts (34 years old; 97 selections), triple winner of the 6 Nations tournament (2008, 2012 and 2013).

Indeed, this player passed by Cardiff, Racing 92, the Harlequins, Bath and the Stormers obtained his doctor's diploma in 2013, at only 26 years old, at the University of Cardiff, and will become a practitioner once he will haveCramed the crampons.

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