'I lived 15 years of my life like a superhero and I'm not.' Former Wales rugby captain Ryan Jones has revealed he is suffering from early-onset dementia at the age of 41
Jones played for Wales from 2004 to 2014 and was appointed captain of the team in 2008. He retired from playing rugby in 2015 and left his post as performance director at the Welsh Rugby Union in October 2020.
"I am a product of an environment that is all about process and human performance. I'm not able to perform like I could, and I just want to lead a happy, healthy, normal life," he said. Jones told the newspaper that after experiencing depression he began to have short-term memory problems and was becoming forgetful.
"Every episode I have also leaves a bit of a legacy. Everything we cancel, every relationship that I poison or don't have time for anymore, just makes it a little bit tougher to cope.The sport is 'walking with its eyes closed into a catastrophic situation'
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