Rugby and the dismal failure of The Meat Machine
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Vay Wilson (31)
stress fractures of the spine(due to pars defect).broken foot.Cartlidge damage.Not much else.
However son doing downhill mountain bike racing:Spinal damage,twice.Broken sternum,broken foot,broken hand.
Concussion.
Various other injuries including speaking in a high voice for a while,whilst walking bandy leggered.
He gave up rugby for that!
Ps he already had a pin in his spine from falling out of a tree at the age of 12
However son doing downhill mountain bike racing:Spinal damage,twice.Broken sternum,broken foot,broken hand.
Concussion.
Various other injuries including speaking in a high voice for a while,whilst walking bandy leggered.
He gave up rugby for that!
Ps he already had a pin in his spine from falling out of a tree at the age of 12
He needs to buy a lottery ticket! Faaaark!
brokendown
Vay Wilson (31)
currently not racing as he is studying this semester in Trondheim,Norway.
bad news is that one of the biggest and most dangerous downhill runs in the world,Harfell, is only a couple of hundred K's away!
Chris McCracken
Jim Clark (26)
I've had my share, but most came from other sports. Potentially the worst from Rugby, though. Separated first rib and clavicle made life difficult for a while.
Funnily enough, my worst injuries are from cycling.
Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
Dog cycling - it never really took off.
My worst injuries are actually from cricket with stitches above the eye going for glory, and cycling - rib cartilage using my own elbow, gravity, and concrete cycleway at pace. Mate following me said I bounced, and given I weight about 120kg at the time it was unfunny.
Dunno, I took off pretty well, but failed to stick the landing, and the Romanian judge only gave me a 2.7. Degree of difficulty was high, but I was well behind Rick Disnek.
jollyswagman
Ron Walden (29)
Blew my left knee out in trial match in my senior year - worst pain ever! Never had it operated on and to this day it causes me grief. Busted and popped most of my fingers, a few of which still point in funny directions. Broke both collarbones, left one twice. Popped some rib cartilage in my late twenties playing subbies which I have re-injured on a few occasions, the most recent incident being about 3 weeks ago after hijacking my 10 years old's scooter at the local skate park after all the big kids cleared out. I could have sworn I had it sorted but the front wheel slid out and I went down like a sack shit. Not sure if this counts but back in the old schoolboy days I was given a friendly "dead-leg" by one of our locks after training after commenting on his sisters good looks. Put me on crutches for a week and turned it black & blue for a while after that. A few stitches here and there and a couple of rugby related cuts turned septic on me. All in all, par for the course I reckon.
KOB1987
Rod McCall (65)
I played for 20+ years and only missed one game through injury - that was when I did my right AC but it timed in with holidays. Other than that just a heap of stitches, black eyes, bent fingers, ruck marks, ribs, head knocks, etc. I also had the same teeth injury as BH playing a game of loig on the sacred turf on muck up day..
I ended up retiring because my lower back couldn't hack it. That was 15 years ago and this year I came out of retirement to play in a lower grade comp with a heap of other 40 somethings. Played every game, pulled up pretty sore after every game (we played 11 games over the season and made the finals!) but my back didn't bother me at all. Maybe I just needed a year off!
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I ended up retiring because my lower back couldn't hack it. That was 15 years ago and this year I came out of retirement to play in a lower grade comp with a heap of other 40 somethings. Played every game, pulled up pretty sore after every game (we played 11 games over the season and made the finals!) but my back didn't bother me at all. Maybe I just needed a year off!
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This is from 2011, but gives an interesting perspective
Hell West & Crooked
Alex Ross (28)
8 broken toes, broken rib, broken neck... too many concussions...
Dismal Pillock
Simon Poidevin (60)
Just run it off!
ha, as a 1st 5 my pansy back version of that was heating up a nail and jamming it thru constantly blackened big toenails to relieve the pus pressure underneath oh sweet release haha chixdiggit
swingpass
Peter Sullivan (51)
the australian version is a straightened paperclip, heat till red hot, works a treat. The relief of pressure is almost orgasmic. I once had it done to me in the back bar of a now long gone melbourne pub, famous for its liberal drinking hours, a haunt for cops after hours drinks, bikey gangs, uni sporting clubs all mixing togther. The spurt of blood from my toe hit a bikie on the face and he was none too pleased until he saw what had been done. Thought it quite a party trick but i bought him a compensatory beer anyway.
Gnostic
Mark Ella (57)
Funnily enough no injuries caused from Rugby, a few recurred playing, knee, fingers, concussions.
Soccer - Concussion and 6 stitches to the scone.
Surfing - Drowned (rescued and resuscitated by brother), too many stitches to count, dislocated vertebrae (C4), broken rib, concussion and don't know if it counts but a very bad dose of Giardiasis.
My really bad injuries all came from working. That shit is bad for your health.
Soccer - Concussion and 6 stitches to the scone.
Surfing - Drowned (rescued and resuscitated by brother), too many stitches to count, dislocated vertebrae (C4), broken rib, concussion and don't know if it counts but a very bad dose of Giardiasis.
My really bad injuries all came from working. That shit is bad for your health.
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Alan Cameron (40)
Four broken fingers
Torn calf, lost count.
Various arm injuries never broken but from bruised to strained
Broken ankle, sorry hair line fracture, was actually funny how it happened, I was know for constantly talking on the field and the captain of the other side charged me and dived at me as I was kicking the ball. My boot collected his head and I went down in a huge amount of pain with the ankle and this bloke screaming at me for faking and saying you kick me in the fucking head and then pretend your fucking hurt... sorta had to be there ..
Torn calf, lost count.
Various arm injuries never broken but from bruised to strained
Broken ankle, sorry hair line fracture, was actually funny how it happened, I was know for constantly talking on the field and the captain of the other side charged me and dived at me as I was kicking the ball. My boot collected his head and I went down in a huge amount of pain with the ankle and this bloke screaming at me for faking and saying you kick me in the fucking head and then pretend your fucking hurt... sorta had to be there ..
Dismal Pillock
Simon Poidevin (60)
Did you leave the field and then come back on a few more times?
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