Bring Back Buck
In honour of this weekend's quarter final, and because I'll probably be telling Americans the ripped nutsack story several times ove the course of Big Bad Con, a tribute to a NZ icon and rugby hero, Wayne "Buck" Shelford:
Shelford made his Test debut for the All Blacks later that year against France in a 19-7 victory in Toulouse, and then was a notable victim of the infamous "Battle of Nantes" in the second Test. Roughly 20 minutes into the match, he was caught at the bottom of a rather aggressive ruck, and an errant French boot found its way into Shelford's groin, somehow ripping his scrotum and leaving one testicle hanging free. He also lost four teeth in the process. Incredibly, after discovering the injury to his scrotum, he calmly asked the physio to stitch up the tear and returned to the field before a blow to his head left him concussed. He was substituted and watched the remainder of the game from the grandstand where he witnessed the All Blacks lose 16-3. To this day Shelford has no memory of the game.
(Wikipedia)
He played at Number 8, so he's the picking up the ball from the back of the scrum in the clips in the video:
Another All Black legend, Sean Fitzpatrick, talks about the Battle of Nantes:
He also has a page at Badass of the Week.
I am now suitably psyched for the quarterfinal.
Shelford made his Test debut for the All Blacks later that year against France in a 19-7 victory in Toulouse, and then was a notable victim of the infamous "Battle of Nantes" in the second Test. Roughly 20 minutes into the match, he was caught at the bottom of a rather aggressive ruck, and an errant French boot found its way into Shelford's groin, somehow ripping his scrotum and leaving one testicle hanging free. He also lost four teeth in the process. Incredibly, after discovering the injury to his scrotum, he calmly asked the physio to stitch up the tear and returned to the field before a blow to his head left him concussed. He was substituted and watched the remainder of the game from the grandstand where he witnessed the All Blacks lose 16-3. To this day Shelford has no memory of the game.
(Wikipedia)
He played at Number 8, so he's the picking up the ball from the back of the scrum in the clips in the video:
Click to viewAnother All Black legend, Sean Fitzpatrick, talks about the Battle of Nantes:
He also has a page at Badass of the Week.
I am now suitably psyched for the quarterfinal.