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Group A - South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Ince v Italy in 98:



One wonders what one of the oppo would've done with similar bloodloss.

Credit also to Joe Worsley. Had 19 stone of Jason Leonard stamping on (and tearing) his scrotum, but played the next game. From The Guardian.
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This one's my favourite, about All Black Wayne Shelford

Playing only his second Test for the All Blacks against a physically intimidating French side, Shelford found himself at the bottom of a rather aggressive ruck on 20 minutes.

An errant Les Bleus stud found its way to his groin, where it somehow managed to tear his scrotum, leaving one testicle hanging out.

This alone would leave most men screaming in agony and heading for the nearest hospital. But not Shelford.

He calmly instructed the physio to stitch him up.

The French public were gobsmacked as an over-eager pitchside cameraman filmed the stomach-turning surgery, and even more so when Shelford returned to the field and carried on playing.
 

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