Simmons' new start after career-ending eye injury
Harry Simmons knew he risked the permanent loss of vision in one eye if he attempted to play for Leicester Tigers again after suffering a freak injury in a game.
It was on medical advice in December that he retired because of an injury sustained 11 months earlier against Leinster in a European Champions Cup loss.
He underwent emergency surgery to save the sight in the injured eye, but the after-effects, and the danger of further serious damage being done while playing or training, led him to hang up his boots and move into a coaching role at Tigers.
Harry has been telling 成人快手 Leicester's Adam Whitty that it was a decision that was difficult to accept.
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