Michael Hooper has revealed he does not know if he will captain the Wallabies again after stepping away from rugby to focus on his mental health.
“Knowing that last time I was in here it didn’t quite work out. I’m back putting myself in this position because I want to be here,” he said. “I’ve got great support around me here and I’m realistic that there’s going to be some really good days and there’s going to be some days where the reality of travel and rugby are difficult. I think that’s part of the journey of what we do, that whole rollercoaster.
“I’ve got high expectations of myself. Pulling out of a game is certainly right up there with something I couldn’t have seen myself doing. Of course it was hard,” he said.“I’d been playing the game for a long time, had some great changes in my life happen this year and I think there were a lot of things running through my head that showed up in Argentina. Argentina wasn’t the place where I could sort those things out.
geerob Interesting to see two different takes on obvious PR from Rugby Australia. It’s doubtful whether the journos from either ABCNews or SMH actually spoke to MichaelHooper or anybody. They just regurgitated a PR release. I have great respect for Hooper.