Playing Rugby takes Balls

Ouch

(CNN) -- British rugby league player Paul Wood has lost a testicle after a collision during the English sport's showpiece final at Manchester's Old Trafford stadium on Saturday. Wood was playing for the Warrington Wolves against Leeds Rhinos in the Super League Grand Final. The prop sustained the injury one minute into the second half, but managed to play the rest of the match before seeking treatment. Despite Wood's determined effort, Warrington lost the match 26-18 to 2011 champions Leeds. Just coming out the hospital to go home... Seriously feel like I've left something? Paul Wood "Ruptured my right testicle, got a knee one minute into the second half, had to have it removed," tweeted the 30-year-old father of two. Showing his sense of humor remained intact, he later tweeted: "Just coming out the hospital to go home... Seriously feel like I've left something? "Tony Smith (Warrington coach) did say in his pre-match team talk last night 'your balls are on the line here guys!' I didn't think he meant literally." Rugby League is similar to Rugby Union, although each team has 13 players rather than 15. In addition to being played in Britain, the sport is also popular is Australia and New Zealand.

I've still got both of mine, but I did get my nose broken playing in Ireland.

...So, he took his ball and went home...

I've got that sick feeling in my stomach just reading this......ouch.

JohnInKansas wrote: I've still got both of mine, but I did get my nose broken playing in Ireland.

I was never really hurt but I did break a guy's tibia. Pretty horrific sound.

I managed to get through a season without any major injuries. Decided it was not for me after that and went back to rowing

4 Years for me and only a concussion to show from it. Of course I don't injure too easy. Went through 14 years of wrestling and 9 years of football with nothing major for injuries either.

Worse injury I saw on the pitch was a badly broken bone that broke through the skin.

Woody wrote: *...So, he took his ball and he went home...*

What a sore loser....

I've got a friend that spent the last four years in Scotland with his wife while she was in school over there. He played rugby for two, ended up in the hospital with a nasty concussion. Came home and hooked up with a local team here in gainesville, the first night of the challenge I was supposed to go watch him play, but got asked to work. Dude got his head split wide open during the last minute of the game.

Told him he should have been at the hotel hanging out and talking cars.

Crushed my nose (the bone above the cartilage) to the point of needing a nose job to be able to breathe properly, and crushed a finger joint, so it's now larger than it's pair on the other hand, but that was the worst that I had. Saw a fellow tight head prop lose an ear, he had refused to have his ears taped. The school system went to mandatory taping after that.