Unforgettable: Rugby, Dementia and the Fight of My Life

'I'm in my early forties. There are days when I don't remember the names of my wife and four kids . . .'

In 2003, England won the Rugby World Cup. Steve Thompson was in England's front row, at the heart of the scrum - one of sport's most violent battlegrounds. But triumph came at a cost. Today, he remembers nothing about playing in that final. In his words, watching the tape back is like watching a ghost. The years of hurt, and the culture of sucking up punishment and coming back for more, have taken a terrible toll. Steve has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, and serious progressive brain damage. Steve and his wife Steph had a happy family life planned, with decades ahead of them. Now he needs to capture these elusive memories for the sake of his children, before they disappear forever.

"So powerful. This book might just change the way you think about sport forever", SIR CLIVE WOODWARD