"Former Irish rugby fitness coach Paul Pook is driven by ambition that his suicide prevention project can save lives"
"Rewind 16 years to the arena once known as the Millennium Stadium and the victory forever known as Ireland's second Grand Slam. There was the drop-goal from Ronan O'Gara, the missed penalty by Stephen Jones, and a shared exhale of relief and joy with the end of a 61-year wait."
"In a wide TV angle of the moments directly after the final whistle a member of the Ireland staff can be seen bending down to give a kiss of gratitude on the pitch. That was Paul Pook. He was also in the background of other TV pictures with a huge smile hugging his colleagues."
Paul Pook is a former Irish rugby fitness coach leading a suicide prevention project aimed at saving lives. He was present at Ireland's second Grand Slam sixteen years ago at the arena once known as the Millennium Stadium. Key moments from that match included Ronan O'Gara's drop-goal, Stephen Jones's missed penalty, and a collective exhale of relief and joy after a 61-year wait. Television footage captured Pook bending down to kiss the pitch in gratitude and later appearing in the background smiling and hugging colleagues. Pook is driven by ambition that his suicide prevention project can save lives.
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