The worst baseline cognitive test I've ever seen! 'It was the most laughable test in the world. 'Mate, everyone cheated those tests! You had to touch a button when a card turned over,' he said. The headline focused on how players used to cheat the cognitive tests so their concussions would go undetected. It is an interview with Lipman about fears that he could become a 'vegetable' after suffering more than 30 concussions in his career. I pull out an old Mail on Sunday article from 2013 the year after his retirement. My wife has to take on double the workload as I can't earn a lot of money.' 'With back pain and cognitive decline, it's a struggle to earn a living. I take about 15 pills in the morning, two at midday and 10 at night. 'Thank God I was diagnosed early because you can manage your symptoms with medication. I suffer from insomnia and with all that I have chronic back pain. 'Sodium valproate mood stabilisers, vitamin B because you lose energy, anti-depressants. He doses up on a cocktail of pills every morning, although it is a struggle to pay the prescription fee of Aus$300 (£170) per month. He struggles with back pain, meaning he is unable to run, but goes on long dog walks to stay sharp, physically and mentally. Lipman is in regular consultation with a psychiatrist. The former rugby player suffered more than 30 concussions during his playing career 'Sometimes you've got to go back to go forwards. I stayed in there for two weeks and came out like a new person. 'There were a few guys who cottoned on that I was a rugby guy and asked a few questions. There were suicidal people in there, heroin addicts, people dealing with transgender issues. 'It was during the height of Covid and I had to have a negative PCR test before I went into this place. On the back deck of our house, crying in the foetal position. I was hanging my children's washing on the line and I just broke down.
'Two days before I went into this place I broke down. That transition has been 10 years and I'm still going through it.
I went from an international rugby player to basically nothing. 'I was drinking for the sake of drinking. I was probably drinking two bottles of wine and a couple of beers, four nights a week. I drank because I didn't want to deal with myself. 'I went to this mental health clinic because I didn't want to deal with myself.
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