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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Michael Aylwin

Carl Hayman: ‘I was a commodity in rugby. Now I’m paying the price’

Carl Hayman, Kiko Matthews and daughter Genevieve
Carl Hayman with his partner Kiko Matthews and their daughter Genevieve as they adapt to the huge impact on their lives. Photograph: Family handout

“Carl has joked about going out to sea on his boat. Put in so much fuel and just go in one direction. And, you know, the fuel’s going to run out eventually …”

Kiko Matthews is not one to duck a subject. She lives with Carl Hayman, the former All Black prop, and their infant daughter in New Plymouth, where they run a boat-charter business. She is also living with Hayman’s recent diagnosis of dementia. Time is something other people have; talking around a subject likewise a luxury alien to her.

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