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Supporters Club Exclusive: John Hayes
26 June 2008, 2:39 pm
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John Hayes is pictured alongside Paul O'Connell and Denis Leamy during Ireland's recent Test match defeat to Australia in Melbourne
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Helping to launch the 'Get Your Back Up!' public awareness campaign, developed for the Ankylosing Spondylitis Association of Ireland, John Hayes talked to IrishRugby.ie about the campaign, his season with Munster and Ireland, how he is already looking forward to 'getting back on the pitch' with new coaches at provincial and international levels, and his hunger to play on despite his advancing years.
Hayes, the much-admired Munster and Ireland prop, was on hand in Dublin city this week to help launch the 'Get Your Back Up!' public awareness campaign, developed for the Ankylosing Spondylitis Association of Ireland and supported by an educational grant from Wyeth Ireland.
The scheme is aimed to educate on the symptoms and treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), and promote early diagnosis of this painful rheumatic disease which is commonly dismissed as general back pain.
AS affects in the region of 44,000 Irish people, particularly young men between the ages of 25 to 44 years-old.
For more information, please visit the Get Your Back Up! website.
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