Player of the year: Andrew Trimble with his award this week. Photograph: billy Strickland/INPHO see more at :- https://twitter.com/Inphosports
Rugby’s Andrew Trimble: ‘I’m a mistake’… by Ann Marie Hourihane
The Ulster and Ireland rugby winger is watching a lot of television following a ligament injury to his big toe. So how did it feel to be named Player of the Year
Andrew Trimble will be at Lansdowne Road tomorrow, commentating on the international rugby match against Georgia for BBC Radio Ulster. But most of the time these days he’s watching a lot of television. “I watched Love/Hate,” he says. “It was nice to see Nidge getting taken down. Homeland. The Fall. I’ve rewatched Game of Thrones.”
Trimble is home alone, all day. His wife, Anna, is a doctor, and a busy one. “It’s tough on her,” he says, “because she comes home knackered and I can’t even put the bins out. I’ve never slept so much or relaxed so much in my life.”
The Ulster and Ireland winger received a ligament injury to his big toe during Ulster’s Pro12 game against Glasgow on October 11th. He was just about to become the most capped Ulster player of all time. Last Tuesday he was still wearing a cast, and walking with crutches.
He was in Dublin to accept the Player of the Year award from Ireland’s rugby writers – a pretty tough home crowd. We meet as the catering staff are folding the napkins in preparation for the awards dinner. We sit at one of the big white tables. Trimble orders a pint of Guinness.
He looks strange, and a lot more solid, in a suit. He’s not complaining, because he’s never been significantly injured before. “It had to happen,” he says. “Statistically.”
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