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SYDNEY Camiseta Iker Casillas , Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- He ran at breakneck speed and it ultimately cost his neck - and his career: the Australian Wallabies' fearless crash-ball expert, Pat McCabe, has confirmed his retirement from professional Rugby Union, Thursday, after confirmation of the latest of three horrifying neck fractures.


McCabe knew the end was nigh when he was sprawled on his back in Auckland during Australia's punishing loss to New Zealand at the weekend.


The decision comes this week after the tough-as-nails center and fullback sought specialist advice from medical professionals, all confirming a broken C1 vertebrae during a typically courageous performance against the world-beating All Blacks - McCabe one of the very few centers to consistently trouble the New Zealanders.


His loss will be felt throughout Australian Rugby Union Camiseta Keylor Navas , with the ARU and ACT Brumbies pledging to assist the Law student in his transition from the "Game they play in Heaven."


Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie said McCabe's short career was one to be proud of.


"These are always difficult moments, but Pat has made the right decision in putting his future health and well-being ahead of any desire he may have to continue playing Rugby," McKenzie said.


Andy Friend, one of McCabe's early mentor's down at the Brumbies, saw the full potential of McCabe's awesome and unrelenting running game.


It was Friend who nurtured the no-fear style with which McCabe awed rugby fans back in 2010.


McCabe played every game in his rookie season before his stunning drum-on performance for the Wallabies the same year.


"He's a player that, when he's on the footy field Camiseta Real Madrid , it's all about how he's dominated the opposition," Friend said on Monday.


The loss of McCabe will be felt deeply. His no-holds-barred approach has been seen as the only way a smaller Wallabies outfit can ever hope to take on the size and power of the English, French, South African and All Blacks packs.


McKenzie said it was exactly that bravery that hit this "sort of players."


"Because they don't think about their body, they don't think about the consequences if they got into that tackle like that. You 're never going to change players like that, and you search for players like that.


"You've got to try to help them get through without the big injuries. It's rare they do Camiseta Vinicius Junior Real Madrid , because they have no respect for their bodies. They do everything they can for the team."


And it was as a team man that McCabe became one of the stars of Australian sports.


He was likened at his peak to a battering ram with anger issues. Hard, tenacious and utterly