SNAPPING AN Achilles when you are over 30 years old could well be time for a high-performance player to think about what comes next in your life.
However, with the chance of taking another shot at qualifying for the Rugby World Cup, Chile forward Ignacio Silva decided to continue working hard.
The dream became reality and the flanker was one of the heroes that put los Cóndores in their first Rugby World Cup ever, when beating the USA Eagles a year ago in a never-to-be-forgotten home-and-away series.
With the injury coming a year earlier, in 2021 as Chile were battling through the South American qualifying process, he somehow instinctively knew that his commitment to a long recovery process would have a silver lining attached.
For a player that first represented Chile U20 in 2008, Silva is not only one of the best-known players in his country but stands for all that is good about the game in the country.
