| Adrian Cashmore retires [message #1036975] |
Thu, 25 May 2006 18:07 |
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Ospreys and former New Zealand full-back Adrian Cashmore has had to
retire at the age of 32.
He signed a two-year deal in October, but barely featured due to back
trouble and has now been diagnosed with an inoperable cluster of
bulging discs.
Cashmore was unlucky to be competing for a place in his national side
at a time when one of the greatest (IMO) fullbacks of all time was
playing top level rugby.
Personally, I'll be sad to see the guy go, he's been a good servant to
the region and I'd like to wish him luck in whatever the future holds.
I'll leave the penultimate word to him:
"I must think of my future and the risks involved, it is with a heavy
heart that I have decided to return to New Zealand," said Cashmore.
I couldn't have put it better, Adrian.
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| Re: Adrian Cashmore retires [message #1037039 ] |
Fri, 26 May 2006 06:40 |
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Martyn W wrote:
> Ospreys and former New Zealand full-back Adrian Cashmore has had to
> retire at the age of 32.
>
> He signed a two-year deal in October, but barely featured due to back
> trouble and has now been diagnosed with an inoperable cluster of
> bulging discs.
>
> Cashmore was unlucky to be competing for a place in his national side
> at a time when one of the greatest (IMO) fullbacks of all time was
> playing top level rugby.
>
> Personally, I'll be sad to see the guy go, he's been a good servant to
> the region and I'd like to wish him luck in whatever the future holds.
> I'll leave the penultimate word to him:
>
> "I must think of my future and the risks involved, it is with a heavy
> heart that I have decided to return to New Zealand," said Cashmore.
>
> I couldn't have put it better, Adrian.
This is a real shame. Cashmore returned to NZ a few years ago and
played very well, I felt, for the Bay of Plenty NPC side (part of the
team that wrested the Ranfurly Shield from Auckland). Played for the
Chiefs too in 2005 but he was a bit hampered by injury there as well.
You're right in that he was terribly unlucky to be competing against
Christian Cullen (pre-injury). Certainly based on how he played in
2004 he probably had the better of Cullen in terms of positional play,
kicking and tactical savvy - but Cullen was a bit of a freak.
It's a bit of a sad indictment of New Zealand rugby's inability to
compete with the cash being offered by Japan/Europe, though. Had
Cashmore stuck around playing S12 in the late 90s/early 00's he
might've had a good shot at the incumbent FB spot after Cullen was
injured (and fell out of favour with Mitchell/Deans).
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| Re: Adrian Cashmore retires [message #1037054 ] |
Fri, 26 May 2006 10:20 |
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"Martyn W" <ukhamlet [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1148573268.767726.184600 [at] g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Ospreys and former New Zealand full-back Adrian Cashmore has had to
> retire at the age of 32.
>
> He signed a two-year deal in October, but barely featured due to back
> trouble and has now been diagnosed with an inoperable cluster of
> bulging discs.
>
> Cashmore was unlucky to be competing for a place in his national side
> at a time when one of the greatest (IMO) fullbacks of all time was
> playing top level rugby.
>
> Personally, I'll be sad to see the guy go, he's been a good servant to
> the region and I'd like to wish him luck in whatever the future holds.
> I'll leave the penultimate word to him:
>
> "I must think of my future and the risks involved, it is with a heavy
> heart that I have decided to return to New Zealand," said Cashmore.
>
> I couldn't have put it better, Adrian.
What he really meant of course was, thank Christ I'll be able to spend a lot more time down in God's
part of the world: Mount Maunganui.
Brad
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