How bad boy
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Yeah, it's good that there is now at least a recognition that the utterly stupid shit that used to go on has to stop.I was only thinking the other day about the 2001 Lions Tour and the Scottish Team Doctor (an all round good egg) was bemoaning the fact that he often has to protect players from themselves and coaches. One of the very next games, Wood gets a knock and you can hear one of the coaches saying “get into him, we need him, we need him to stay”. Same game another player has a knock and Robertson just tells them he’s taking him off. Cut to Andy Robinson slamming the desk and looking at other coaches. They’ve made their own rope really
Personally, I got hit so hard once that I started bleeding internally in my eye. Couldn't see out of it for about 5 mins. And yet, I was still pressured to go back on (course I told them to fuck off...)
Had another game where our outhalf got absolutely floored in a tackle halfway through the second half against our biggest rivals. Huge derby game. He shook it off, continued to play and knocked over the winning kick.
He asked me in the showers after the game who won the match.