Concussion forces star Wallaby to retire

Wallabies fullback Dane Haylett-Petty has decided to "hang up the boots" pursuing a lengthy conflict with concussion.

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The 32-year-old had been sidelined for much than a twelvemonth with concussion symptoms aft helium sustained a caput wounded during a Bledisloe Cup lucifer against the All Blacks successful October past year.

The fullback, who notched 38 tests and 12 tries for the Wallabies, had made attempts to instrumentality to top-level enactment this twelvemonth but was incapable to owed to lingering symptoms specified arsenic migraines.

The Melbourne Rebels skipper yet didn't diagnostic for the nine during the caller Super Rugby season.

Dane Haylett-Petty of Australia scores his sides 2nd effort during the Rugby World Cup 2019 Group D crippled betwixt Australia and Wales (Getty)

"After 14 years, it's clip to bent up the boots," helium wrote connected Instagram.

"It's not the mode I wanted to finish. I would person loved to tally retired conscionable 1 much time, but it wasn't to be. Rugby has fixed maine truthful overmuch and for that, I americium everlastingly grateful.

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"The experiences, the opportunities, the challenges, and the lifelong friendships.

"Thank you to each the teams who gave maine an opportunity, and whose jerseys I wore with pride. I anticipation successful the aboriginal I tin repay the crippled for everything it's fixed to me. What an astonishing travel it's been, but I americium truthful excited to commencement thing new."

Haylett-Petty aboriginal told Fox Sports that helium had been incapable to afloat retrieve from his concussion battle.

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"Right astatine the beginning, the specializer said the champion happening you could bash is perceive to your head," helium said.

"While I'm overmuch better, I haven't been capable to shingle immoderate of the symptoms."

Haylett-Petty's conflict with concussion is good documented.

In 2018, the fullback suffered a nasty caput sound portion playing for the Rebels that rubbed him retired of enactment for much than a month.

Haylett-Petty made his debut for the Wallabies against England successful 2016.

- with AP

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