負傷させるd sevens 退役軍人 Stannard retires
Former Australian rugby sevens captain James Stannard has 発表するd his 退職, three months after a one-punch attack had robbed him of a third 連邦／共和国 Games 外見.
"It is with 広大な／多数の／重要な sadness that I'm 発表するing my 軍隊d 退職 from rugby as a player 予定 to 長，率いる 傷害s I recently 苦しむd," the 35-year-old 地位，任命するd on Saturday on Instagram.
"It has been my greatest honour and 特権 to have been able to pull on the " Green and Gold " and 代表する my country beside my mates, men I count as brothers over the past １０年間 or so.
"The international rugby family have been so supportive and I'm humbled and thankful."
Stannard was 発射する／解雇するd from hospital in April after the 恐らく unprovoked Good Friday 強襲，強姦 outside a Coogee kebab shop which left him with a fractured skull and 軍隊d his 撤退 from the Gold Coast Games.
The sevens' 退役軍人, who also played 最高の Rugby as scrum- or 飛行機で行く-half for the Brumbies and Western 軍隊, was in his final season before 退職 but had hoped to make a return at the World Cup Sevens in San Francisco in July.
"I want to thank my family, チーム仲間s, staff and 対抗者s both here in Australia and around the world," Stannard 追加するd on Saturday.
"It's been a fantastic ride, I've learnt so much and enjoyed every minute."
He 屈服するs out as one of Australia's most-decorated sevens players, the country's 最高の，を越す World Series points scorer and a 連邦／共和国 Games bronze and silver medallist.
