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Aspiring rugby player describes moment he broke his neck
On 4 April 2004, 17-year-old Matt King from Hertfordshire was making his debut for the London Broncos in, what he hoped, would be the start of a glittering rugby career.
Twenty seconds later something happened that would change his life forever. He broke his neck and was paralysed.
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