RL player ruptures testicle - plays on...

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Gaz_E

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I know there is an RL thread going at the minute - i think this warrants its own though.

Paul Wood of Warrington Wolves (my team) took a knee to the groin early in the second half, rupturing a testicle in the process. He played on with the injury until he was 'interchanged' later in the half. He remained on the bench icing his tackle ready to return to the field if required. He did media interviews in the dressing room after the game only going to hospital later that night. He had to have the ruptured testicle removed.

The bloke has been laughing and joking about it on twitter (@paulwood_wolves) and there is an interview with him on the BBC website.

It take some effort to carry on after taking any sort of smack to the tackle - this was something else though given how serious the injury was. It also says a lot about how tough the blokes that play RL are.
 

Bit mental huh. Some tough fellas in sport. Reminds me of the cyclist (former) Tyler Hamilton. He broke his collarbone in the first few days of the 2003 TDF but not only continued in the race but finished 3rd. He was probably doped to the gills like, but still tough as old boots. Legend has it he wore down several teeth such was his grinding.
 
MEANWHILE IN FOOTBALL

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MEANWHILE IN FOOTBALL

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God I hate Bale so much. Even before I knew he was a diver. Just something about him makes me rage. I remember his antics when we beat them at GP last season. Grade A bell. I think players should be shown footage of themselves diving in front of the cameras and made to explain themselves.

Oh and top marks for the rugby player for carrying on.
 
he made a joke about the manager telling the team that their balls where on the line, he didn't think he meant literally!
 

Pretty incredible stuff from him. The fact he can joke about hows the true character of Rugby league lads. Good honest down to earth blokes like us!
 

It's bad enough wearing tight jeans and sitting down on one of yer balls, never mind rupturing one, fookin ouch....
 
Tbf on the Bale incident/diving/rolling around on the floor in general... the whole 'aren't footballers soft, look at these rugby etc players, they're real men' stuff kinda pisses me off. I mean it's not as if he/they fell over/rolled around cos they're actually hurt, they're just being cheating scumbags. Not saying they're as hard/tough as sportsmen/women in certain other fields, but they're not pansies either...
 

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