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Unforgettable: Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Award

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The disease can only be diagnosed in a brain after death, but some experts believe if history of exposure is evaluated, it is reasonable to conclude that the risk increases. I came across Dawn and [executive director of CLF UK] Dr Adam [White] and they put everything in place. If you are affected by any issues relating to this story then please go to BBC Action line for information and support.

Thompson isnow campaigning to improve the game and safeguard those who play it. Unforgettable is described as "part sports memoir – with stories contributed by his world-cup winning teammates and his former manager, Sir Clive Woodward – and part raw human storytelling". The publisher said: "In it, Steve makes memories for himself and for his children, and will relive the biggest battle of his life, with his toughest opponent – his own mind. Despite the constant reminders of what has been lost, and what is still to lose, Steve’s powerful story is one of hope and courage. Unforgettable will stand as testament to the ultimate strength of the human mind – and to a man no longer pushing himself to the limit for competition, but for his own place in the world." Thompson said he has experienced "massive guilt for what I've put my family through" since being diagnosed and that he has "massive downers and massive ups". In another scene, he tries to describe the "out-of-body" sensation of the brain fogs he suffers, when he suddenly drops out mid-sentence. It's incredibly illustrative.We also see upsetting moments where he forgets the names of his children, or describes leaving his car running for hours.

As a hooker, he was front and centre of the 16-man scrum, and says the pressure on his head would be "enormous". In 2003, England won the Rugby World Cup. Steve Thompson was there, in England’s front row, at the heart of the match, and at the heart of the scrum – one of sport’s most destructive, repetitive impacts. But the triumphs came at a cost. Dr Adam White, executive director of CLF UK, said the organisation aims "to stop all new cases of CTE in the next five years and have a cure by 2040".Blink has landed a "moving and brave" memoir from rugby player Steve Thompson, who has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia as a result of collisions, concussions and injuries from playing the sport. I’m a risk averse person. I’d never have stood up and said to Steve that elite rugby was not safe unless I was certain in my own mind that was the case. I don’t want to point fingers and name names but I’m a little upset that more has not been done. People have known about the problem for a long time and not enough has been done to reduce those impacts. The problem has been left on the shelf. There’s got to be some soul searching.”

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