Former Wallabies international Clyde Rathbone has gone public with his battle with depression. The Canberra Times' Jacqueline Williams reports.
"He played almost 30 Tests for Australia and was considered one of the most damaging rugby players in his heyday, but Clyde Rathbone was living a lie at the peak of his career and was close to becoming "another statistic".
"The former rugby star, who lives in Canberra, yesterday opened up to family and friends for the first time about his long battle with depression. Rathbone told his story to the The Canberra Times because he wanted people to know that the battle with depression could be won.
"This is an opportunity to make something good out of a bad situation... I just thought it was now or never," the 30-year-old said. "Hearing something like this when I was going through it may have helped me. The message is that depression is not just survivable and the goal should never be just to survive, you should be thriving."
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