Series 2004........... Nottingham......... The broken collarbone incedent ...
Getting set for a game vs the leicester wildcats.
David (Pablo Chacho on here) walks up markerless.
"where's the marker?"
"hot"
"why?"
"forgot to chrony"
"you dick, you know what that means?"
"yup, kamikaze run up the middle"
"nope, run in front of me waving your arms so I can walk to the 50"
"OK"
"no, I've got a better idea......... you see that inflatable elephant in the castle on the 50?" (you had to be there.. 4 foot high yellow)
"yes" looking nervous now.
"well, on the break, I want you to run to castle and make sweet love to the inflatable yellow elephant, It'll distract the wildcats"
"can do"........ he salutes and it's game on.
I get in at the 50 as something flies through the air next to me. I look around my bunker as David superman dives the lay down and mounts the elephant at high velocity.
He bounces straight up in the air and lands on his face.
"you OK?"
"no"
"that looked painful"
"it was a bit"
"should your arm be pointing that way?"
"no"
"shall I tell a marshall?"
"please, would you?"
"MARSHALL!!!!!!!!! I THINK HE'S DEAD!!!!!!!"
the game was stopped, he was carted off and we were wiped off the field because we couldn't stop laughing.
Found out later he'd shattered his collarbone in 4 places. Nasty. But what a way to go.
Getting set for a game vs the leicester wildcats.
David (Pablo Chacho on here) walks up markerless.
"where's the marker?"
"hot"
"why?"
"forgot to chrony"
"you dick, you know what that means?"
"yup, kamikaze run up the middle"
"nope, run in front of me waving your arms so I can walk to the 50"
"OK"
"no, I've got a better idea......... you see that inflatable elephant in the castle on the 50?" (you had to be there.. 4 foot high yellow)
"yes" looking nervous now.
"well, on the break, I want you to run to castle and make sweet love to the inflatable yellow elephant, It'll distract the wildcats"
"can do"........ he salutes and it's game on.
I get in at the 50 as something flies through the air next to me. I look around my bunker as David superman dives the lay down and mounts the elephant at high velocity.
He bounces straight up in the air and lands on his face.
"you OK?"
"no"
"that looked painful"
"it was a bit"
"should your arm be pointing that way?"
"no"
"shall I tell a marshall?"
"please, would you?"
"MARSHALL!!!!!!!!! I THINK HE'S DEAD!!!!!!!"
the game was stopped, he was carted off and we were wiped off the field because we couldn't stop laughing.
Found out later he'd shattered his collarbone in 4 places. Nasty. But what a way to go.
