Paralysed rugby player builds new life 'for all'ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Brad Hayward, who was paralysed in 1993 while playing rugby, started a business designing accessible homes. On a bright spring day in the US, Kiwi rugby player Brad Hayward donned his team jersey and sprinted onto the pitch in Denver, Colorado. ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Brad Hayward was paralysed playing rugby when he was 23. RETURN TO RUGBYIt's a strange irony that the very thing that took Hayward's mobility was the thing that brought him back to life: Rugby. A trip to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan is on the cards.

Source: Stuff August 05, 2017 17:02 UTC