Steve Crosbie - Setbacks, Opportunities & Deciding to Walk Away
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Steve Crosbie signed for Leinster, Munster & Connacht during his career and then decided to turn down pro contacts to go a different direction in life.
- The story behind Fad Saoil
- Sea swimming & saunas
- Why he turned down MLR & left pro rugby
- Getting to a place mentally where he can look back fondly on his career
- When he played his best rugby
- Being close to obsessive at times
- The relationship he had with Mike Ruddock
- How, & why, he struggled stepping into professional rugby
- Why timing can be important
- Why he lost the coaches trust in Leinster
- Failing a medical
- Why he started hating rugby while under contract at Leinster
- Moving to New Zealand to play provincial rugby
- Signing for Axel at Munster the week before he passed away
- Getting his break with Connacht
- Working with Enda McNulty
- Turning down contracts to leave pro rugby in his mid-twenties
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