During his career Trimble thought clubs could have organised their players better. So he developed an app to fix the problem
By Jonathan Drennan for the Guardian Sport Network
Andrew Trimble began his
Ireland career in front of a raucous capacity crowd in
Dublin in 2005, when he replaced Brian O’Driscoll in a Test match against Australia. His most recent game of rugby was last November, when he toiled for his childhood club Coleraine in the muddy confines of junior rugby against Limavady in front of a handful of dog walkers. Trimble won 70 caps for Ireland and 299 for Ulster, but that was then and this is now.
In the same way that he has swapped winning the Six Nations and beating the All Blacks for the simplicity of social rugby, he must start from the bottom as an entrepreneur. Trimble is now using his experiences as a player to spearhead Kairos, a technology company that helps clubs and athletes streamline information, organise their time better and improve their performance.