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Matt Hampson: Ex-Leicester Tigers & England U21 prop on life-changing injury

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Matt Hampson was left paralysed from the neck down after being cut off his England jersey.

The 40-year-old was only 20 years old when he was injured in a rugby training session.

Hampson is now the driving force behind a foundation and a state-of-the-art centre.

The Get Busy Living Centre offers support to those in a similar situation.

Matt Hampson has been in hospital for 18 months after suffering from tetraplegia , paralysed from the neck down and on a ventilator.

The ParalympicsGB's gold medal-winning wheelchair rugby side at the Tokyo games in 2021 .

Hampson spoke of his pride in how he and those he works with have "shaken things up for the disability world".

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