For clarity, it’s quite clear in the documentary that it was all part of a carefully orchestrated plan to release the news in time with the Ironman event, but the announcement had to be hastily brought fwd due to the Sun’s activity.
The guy is a bloody inspiration, and has gone from a glittering rugby career to literally changing many people’s lives for the better, in many ways.
The word hero is vastly overused these days, but applies here, I think.
The Sun, on the other hand, is a despicable instrument, who’s greatest acheivement seems to be (mostly) covering the boobs up on page 3, and calling it “progress”…