SIMON ZEBO has opened about his concerns over his children following him into a career in rugby.
The 34-year-old hung up his boots at the end of last season after a storied playing career in Ireland and France.
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Zebo doesn’t want his kids going down the same path as he did
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The Munster legend now works as an analyst for Premier Sports and TNT Sports
Zebo has quickly adjust to life after sport by taking on media duties and business interests, while he also has a busy family life.
At home, he has been married to wife Elvira since 2019 and has four kids: Jacob, nine, Sofia, eight, Noah, four, and Isabella, two.
Describing himself as a ‘hands on dad’ to his four kids, the Munster legend is reluctant for them to venture into rugby.
Instead the ex-rugby star would prefer them to play a more non-contact sport instead of dealing with the brutality of his former sport.
He told the Irish Independent: “When you’re front line for 15 years and you see the concussions, you see the neck injuries or the leg breaks or whatever.
“It’s just I’d prefer them to play badminton or tennis.”
Retirement came at the end of last season and Zebo felt it was the right time due to his body making it more difficult to hang in as a pro.
He added: “I could feel the knocks and the bumps and the bruises.
“The training sessions were harder to recover from.
“So giving my body a bit of time to rest and recover has been great.
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I have been lucky in the sense that I felt like I had served my time in the game. And it was time to slow the pace down, physically anyway.”
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