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Playmaker: Tian Schoeman in action for Newcastle
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Newcastle playmaker Tian Schoeman admits the mental scars from the bad knee injury he suffered in March 2021 took far longer to heal than the physical ones.
Schoeman, 31, is fast approaching his one-year anniversary as a Falcon after his brief and luckless spell at Bath came to an end after only a handful of appearances for the West Country club.
But it is only now, in the last few weeks, he says, that his confidence is fully ...