Sam Warburton opens up on dealing with retirement from rugby | Rugby Tonight

On episode one of the new season of Rugby Tonight, we welcomed the newest member of the BT Sport Rugby team into the studio.
Sam Warburton opened up on retiring from the game he loves, from the moment he knew it was over until he had to leave the Whatsapp group.
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[@TheHotrod017]

Good player ...good leader..I always liked him as an Irish fan...He always carried himself with class

[@jamescrisp9621]

agreed

[@samhardiman1019]

As an Englishman I agree, great guy and player

[@ItzCoopzFtw]

Always enjoyed watching Sam play. A true leader. Respect from NZ.

[@MrIanito]

Class act on and off the pitch.

[@iangrubb6470]

Also I'm going to add that he shows that there's more important things in life than the game. He's looking at his long term future.

[@johnnyutah999]

Absolute gentlemen. Great role model

[@Mcmahon143]

Great player, such a shame he was injured so much. I remember him at the RWC 2011 and I thought he was going to become the best player in the world

[@richardwaterworth7140]

Well played Sam. Enjoy your life.

[@mikedee171]

Classy man. Hope he does well. I think he well. Tough mentally and physically

[@jamielewis2601]

One of the smartest flankers to play the game. His knowledge of the ruck was better than anyone else’s

[@iangrubb6470]

One word. Legend.

[@alunwilliams9202]

Great player, great leader, always gave everything in each game. But what a humble and well spoken young man he is. Wales will miss him massively. Diolch am bopeth. Shame not so many footballers come across like this.

[@mikedee171]

Good luck Sam. A great tenacious rugby player.

[@hitchikerspie]

Great questions by Ugo

[@leejaymarsh3646]

I am gutted sam gone all best sam

[@pedrothevenard]

Very clean player and that's very rare for a flanker, almost no cards during his career, very good at slowing down the ruck, and actually pretty decent handling, specially for a forward, excellent player, even better captain specially the way he talked to the referees, all taken into account he's probably top 10 maybe top 5 best forwards in the islands in the professional era of Rugby.

[@leejaymarsh9021]

Best Welsh 7 ever and in the world best welsh and lions captain ever. Wales are still missing him big time. Great guy to. Wish he was still playing xx

[@CelticMorning]

Top man Sam, good luck for the future. Did more than your bit for Wales and the Lions. And for Rugby.

[@richardevans7035]

Class player for wales and a Tottenham Hotspur fan even better

[@philipwells5988]

Why aren’t more video put up of rugby tonight? In the past there were more.

[@danielweicht7866]

Such a great player.

[@anthonyjones2228]

Cardiff legend!

[@mikedee171]

A great bloke.

[@lyonstea8352]

As An Irish man i say the welsh have lost a hell of a rugby player... but i'm glad for Ireland we wont have to face him again =)

[@evanconnolly5585]

I’m Irish and Sam was one of the best player in the 6 nations

[@robbastock2521]

Top player and gent

[@stuartmarais5808]

Always remember his red card against France in the 2011 World Cup. Never a red card and ruined what would have been a great game.

[@duplicafly98]

Even so he said himself it was a red card after watching the action back on the big screen?

[@jdjones4825]

I'm still struggling to get over that world cup ......🤪

[@GWLAD]

Was a fantastic servant of Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Rugby and the British And Irish lions 🦁 a complete Gentleman on and off the pitch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@andywalker9079]

Legend

[@morgandunn8163]

Great player but we have at least a couple of players in front of him now with the likes of James davis Joshua navidi thomas young and finally arron wainright and Ellis Jenkins and justin tipuric we are blessed!

[@staceyleeellis9160]

What was Austin healey laughing about throughout the interview

[@KabzieMusic]

STACEY ELLIS he’s a spiteful little imp

[@huwwilliams3230]

Never at the same level as a respected person and player as Sam

[@kentendo6453]

I think he had 2 cards in his entire international career. As a flanker that is a silly number, and one of them was the infamous red card offence. It's weird that when it happened no one thought it was red, looking at it now given the changes in the past decade it's red all day long.

[@Alessandro-wr1hn]

why did he retire?

[@owenmorton9765]

Injuries

[@cameronmilne3590]

The art of knowing when to walk away before your body gives out.

[@RD-wg2nt]

Just think what he could have achieved as a player if he was still playing. Not to mention if he joined one of the Euro giants as well. Though I personally found the negativity and xenophobia around the 2017 Lions tour very tedious, I kind of stopped passionately following rugby myself around the same time.

[@GRINGEzZ]

Stats speak for themselves guy was decent, from and englishman

[@wilowen8450]

25 games per annum come on man, lower leauges will play 30+, oh your igger and take bigger hits. og off a 13 stone blocke hitting a 13 st bloke does the same damage to each other as 2 18 stone guys. Played every season, every saturday from 1972 - 2010

[@f.g.6019]

Active grandad

[@user-pk4sd9dd2w]

man who's mrs mutton? lol

[@huwwilliams3230]

Sarah Elgan has been a presenter for S4C Welsh language ,BBC Wales and BT.Her father Elgan Rees played for Neath and Wales.Her husband played no 7 for Llanelli, Ireland and is now Ireland's forwards coach.She is rugby through and through RESPECT

[@no9scrum]

who's that glake in the back wearing a liverpool shirt?!

[@lukewilliams4333]

Whats wrong with Liverpool

[@tazwildcat7]

why dont u play le in nfl wear shoulder pads protect u shoulders only play 1/2 year, only go for 10 seconds then rest 35 seconds, be like u slackking.

[@halwil03]

Good player but when it came down to it with the Lions he bottled it.

[@halwil03]

red card against the all blacks

[@iangrubb6470]

Nonu and Sonny Bill bottled it when facing the Lions.......

[@steffanhoffmann1906]

@@iangrubb6470 yup

[@beatonthedonis]

Wales have improved markedly since Warburton retired. Tipuric is a better all-round player.

[@augustusaquaticus4289]

Was always an average player anyway.

[@Isaac-tc2sh]

Bubba Balk shut your peasant mouth

[@his1ojd]

Troll

[@chickenstick262]

Bubba Balk watch the squidge video of Sam Warburton buddy

[@augustusaquaticus4289]

No skill set, not even close to mccaw, pocock, hooper in the jackal

[@Tehui1974]

+Mostly Welsh What a ridiculous statement.