GEORGE HOOK HAS been speaking today about how his media work ‘saved his life’.
The notoriously contrary rugby pundit and media personality was Brendan O’Connor’s guest of honour on the John Murray show this morning on RTE radio following his retirement from rugby punditry after Ireland’s Six-Nations victory on Saturday.
When asked by O’Connor about whether he felt his TV work had been the turning point for him, the 73-year-old replied, “Of course, it saved my life.”
Hook came to the media quite late (in his early fifties) having been a businessman for many years, and not always a successful one (O’Connor went so far as to describe him as being ‘a waster’ for the first two thirds of his life).
When asked about the low-key nature of his retirement, Cork native Hook was at pains to play down the significance of his leaving.
Hook and fellow RTE pundit Brent Pope on set Source: RTE
“At the end of the day it’s a TV guy going, not the Taoiseach,” he said.
Hook maintains that his decision won’t be reversed. Although gone from our rugby screens, he’ll continue on his Newstalk radio show The Right Hook for the immediate future.
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When asked what his plans are he said he wanted ‘to give something back to young people’s rugby’.
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