Bostonmess
01-05-2004, 03:57 AM
A tooth stuck in head - but hooker plays on
Even by the macho standards of rugby league, Shane Millard's battle scar takes some beating. The Widnes Vikings' tough Australian hooker was being treated for a head wound after the match with Castleford Tigers on Sunday, when an opponent's tooth was found embedded in his head.
Millard had sustained a head gash when he collided with the Tigers' Dean Ripley but was patched up at half-time and sent back into the fray with a head guard.
It was only when he was being stitched after the game that the Castleford physiotherapist alerted Widnes to the possibility that Ripley could have left a nasty sou venir from the accidental clash - namely part of a tooth.
Guardian (http://sport.guardian.co.uk/rugbyleague/comment/0,10070,1204897,00.html)
Even by the macho standards of rugby league, Shane Millard's battle scar takes some beating. The Widnes Vikings' tough Australian hooker was being treated for a head wound after the match with Castleford Tigers on Sunday, when an opponent's tooth was found embedded in his head.
Millard had sustained a head gash when he collided with the Tigers' Dean Ripley but was patched up at half-time and sent back into the fray with a head guard.
It was only when he was being stitched after the game that the Castleford physiotherapist alerted Widnes to the possibility that Ripley could have left a nasty sou venir from the accidental clash - namely part of a tooth.
Guardian (http://sport.guardian.co.uk/rugbyleague/comment/0,10070,1204897,00.html)