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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2097851, member: 1764"] Indeed I did Thomas! [icon_lol1. We got well beaten. I won't go into the dirty details, but let's just say that Queensland didn't exactly play like one team. Too many egos and not enough teamwork, particularly from one faction who shall remain nameless *cough* GC *cough*. Well beaten in our first two games, and much the same happening in the third game when I made my "impact". Second half, yet another dirty ****...roach making a break and I charge in to tag him. He steps, and there was a teammate charging in to tag him from the otherside. Result? Side of teammate's head into jaw of me. He went down instantly, I managed to stay on my feet, then my eyes rolled into the back of my head and I slumped to my knees, then rolled backwards. I was woken up by the sounds of my left knee and ankle joints cracking. First thing I said "I think I've snapped both my achilles". [icon_lol1. My coach and manager were out there in a flash, as was the NSW coach and manager and players. My teammates too of course. And finally St John's Ambulance staff who were on scene waddled out to check on me. I was white as a sheet apparently. The lady asked where I was. I said, very matter of factly, "Coffs Harbour, OzTag State of Origin playing for Queensland, and I'm playing like shit". Everyone laughed, because it was true :P By this time I noticed the throbbing in both knees, mainly my left, and after getting my breath my coach and manager got me to my feet. No way was I putting weight on my left knee, so I hobbled off, with a good reception from the NSW team and everyone in the grandstand. No concussion (manager lied and said I didn't black out, I clearly did), and if jaw pain improved over the next 24 hours no break (and that's happened, though it's still a bitch to eat) so some ice and a rest, and a quick check of the knee that didn't indicate an ACL injury (phew!). Hobbled back to my teammates. Thankfully one of them is a physio so she gave me the once over and reckons it's knee cartilage. It absolutely kills! And I woke up this morning and my left ankle was absolutely rooted too, near the achilles, so maybe I wasn't delirious? But, silver lining, I got the award for most spectacular incident of the weekend _woohoo_ Once again Queensland only won the one division - Mens Over 40s. They were up 1-0 in open mens but got beaten in the last 2 games. Competitive in most divisions but still, NSW have the advantage that they are the winning team from their state cup while Queensland "picks" a team of misfits from the top 3 or 4 of their state cup winning teams, and then gives them 1 or 2 training sessions before playing. What a surprise that our team played 2 different game plans on each side of the field, and no wonder it didn't work. /rant It was an experience though [icon_lol1. And hey, at least I can say I played State of Origin for Queensland! [/QUOTE]

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