i'm 22 years old, a professional rugby player for exeter chiefs. rugby player for exeter chiefs. i was born premature and i became ill quite quickly. and then we soon discovered that i was profoundly deaf. the only information was given was that they probably won't speak. she'll struggle in education. job prospects will be bleak. of course, we now know that none of that is true. when i was 13 months old, i had a cochlear implant fitted on the right side. it's no cure. it's not normal hearing. itjust allows me to hear some sounds and mostly read. as i grew up, i learnt more about my deafness and obviously going through school. that's when i sort of faced challenges and struggled a little bit more. and then i discovered rugby when i was around 15. i thought, we shall have one session, not like here and that will be out of a system. so we came down here to sample rugby club in where it failed and she was too nervous to get out of the car. i was personally more worried about what if i miss things on the pitch? what if the coaches don't really understand that i'm deaf? and therefore,

not exeter chiefs. for exeter chiefs.ent players from all over the world and there's one player called tricky who has a very thick irish accent. and even, you know, me and my team mates struggle to understand sometimes, never mind the deaf person. and there were one time i was just having a conversation and we were making a joke saying, oh, if only you add live captions to so that we could understand what you were saying. and i kid you not. literally a couple of days later, scrolling through my phone on instagram and then the xrai glass came up and i saw a reaction video and i couldn't believe it. i messaged tricky, i was like, can you believe this is actually subtitled glasses? it was quite surreal. you get through your life and it's a struggle on a daily basis, but you just crack on. so to have these glasses where i'm speaking so on and not having to solely concentrate on lip reading, i was able to almost relax a little bit more and just see the subtitles come above me. there's lots of different functions, but the one i

i'm 22 years old, a professional rugby player for exeter chiefs.me ill quite quickly. and then we soon discovered that i was profoundly deaf. the only information was given was that they probably won't speak. she'll struggle in education. job prospects will be bleak. of course, we now know that none of that is true. - when i was 13 months old, i had a cochlear implant fitted on the right side. it's no cure. it's not normal hearing. itjust allows me to hear some sounds and mostly lip read. as i grew up, i learnt more about my deafness and obviously going through school that's when i sort of faced challenges and struggled a little bit more. and then i discovered rugby when i was around 15. i actually wanted to give it a go when my younger brother started, but then my parents wouldn't allow me to play it due to potential risks of my cochlear implant. one being the processor, which is electrical device on the ear that can break. but the bigger risk is, you know, the implant in the head which is in the skull and you know, a really bad impact could poten

they started the day a point behind exeter chiefs who were beaten by the reigning champions saracens,ral rob burrow leeds marathon — an event named after the former leeds rhinos player who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019. over 12,000 people took on the 26.2—mile course — which started and ended at headingley stadium. rugby league legend kevin sinfield stopped short of the finish line to carry his friend rob over the line. he, like so many there, was raising funds for the rob burrow centre for motor neurone disease appeal and the leeds hospitals charity. that's all from sportsday, but before we go — earlier, we told you about west ham's defeat at brentford — although they're not mathematically safe yet, it looks like they'll be playing premier league football again next season. their current focus is on trying to win their first major trophy since 1980, they're 2—1 up going into thursday's europa conference league second—leg with az alkmaar. former west ham captain and now sporting director mark noble has been speaking to the football news show which is what we leave y

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she currently plays for the exeter chiefs in the premier 15s, but will leave the club and from now one original series and she posted this photo of her, together with a little footage of her on some monkey bars as a child. "i am absolutely buzzing" she said on social media, adding it was "truly surreal" to have the chance to be a gladiator. so her dad was a contender. i know are you are doing that. john anderson was the referee. famously the voice of gladiators. yes, and you want me to do the impression, don't you? contender, ready? can gladiator, ready? three, two, one... we are all taken right back to the moment. do you want to introduce matt at buckingham palace doing the weather? you will go on my first whistle. laughter perfect. brings back all those memories. i love it. yes, let's get on with a forecast. we start by taking a look behind me, in this iconic location, stunning, isn't it, here at buckingham palace? whilst the coronation takes place at westminster abbey tomorrow, a lot of focus will be here, the kings procession starts just behind me at 1020 tomorrow morning. it retu

i'm 22 years old, a professional rugby player for exeter chiefs.ystem. so we came down here to sandal rugby club in wakefield, and she was too nervous to get out of the car. i was personally more worried about, what if i miss things on the pitch? what if the coaches don't really understand that i'm deaf? or, what if the players don't really know how to react? after some encouragement, she came out, had a session, went really well. couple of years later, here i am, you know, being a professional rugby player. at exerter chiefs, we have a whole range of different players from all over the world, and there's one player, called tricky, who has a very thick irish accent. and even, you know, my hearing team—mates struggle to understand her sometimes, never mind the deaf person! and there were one time we was just having a conversation, we were making a joke saying, 'oh, if only you had live captions so that we could understand what you were saying'. and i kid you not, literally a couple of days later, i was scrolling through my phone on instagram and the