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Jesse Ryder Seriously Injured during attack at Christchurch bar

harsh.ag

harsh.ag

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Disgraceful incident. Is he confirmed to be in a coma? That is what I read on cricinfo.

Find it ridiculous to have to say this, but could this have something to do with his boxing escapades?
 
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Arachnodouche

International Captain
Heart goes out to Ryder. Always been a fan of his batting, and have had some measure of sympathy for his problems with the bottle. Though this incident may not be alcohol-related, I just want to say that being obsessed with the sauce may lead to stupid decisions, but it doesn't necessarily make someone a bad person. Never had much time for some of the self righteous fallout - in the media and among cricket fans - from his periodic misdemeanours
 
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Blakey

State Vice-Captain
What's great to see is when it gets down to it, we can separate how we feel about someone as a sports person and how we feel about them as a regular person.

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Son Of Coco

Son Of Coco

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Burgey said:
I'm an accredited specialist in personal injury law who's spent 20 years in the field. My practice mainly deals with catastrophically injured people who have horrendous burns, spinal cord injuries or brain injuries. I've had cases here, in the US, NZ and in the UK and Ireland. I deal with MVAs, medical negligence, public liability, aircraft accidents, criminal and domestic violence cases all the time. I visit hopsitals regularly to both see clients and to deliver talks to social workers and other hospital staff about the legal rights of their patients. I have seen the figures relating to the causes of serious trauma, and I deal with them as part of my job every single day.

Apart from that, I wouldn't have the first idea.
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Kippax

Kippax

Cricketer Of The Year
Jesse Ryder In Critical Condition In Hospital | Stuff.co.nz

A man who intervened in Jesse Ryder's "vicious" beating believed the cricketer was ambushed.

Regan Harvey, who has given a statement to the police, said the attack was completely unprovoked and he described it as a "Jesse hate fight".

Harvey said he was drinking at an outdoor table in Aikmans Bar when he heard a "dust up" outside.

"As I walked out there were a couple of guys beating up this one guy on the ground as they were calling him a wanker," he said.

One of the attackers did "two massive kicks" into Ryder's stomach and rib cage that were so violent it made Harvey "wince".

Harvey, 32, approached the group with his arms out saying: 'I think he has had enough, back off guys'.

"At that stage I was trying to weigh up how fight-ready these guys were, in case they tried to turn on me," he said. A woman Ryder had left the bar with quickly ran to his side and tried to help him up.

When Ryder got to his feet, with his shirt ripped in two, he faced the men and tried to act brave before "stumbling" into the McDonalds car park, leaning on the woman.

Only minutes later, Harvey walked into the McDonalds car park to try and help Ryder and found him "unconscious and lying on his side in the recovery position".

"As far as I can tell Jesse has done nothing wrong here. It looked like it was completely unprovoked," Harvey said.

Another witness, who would only be known as Adam, described seeing Ryder having his shirt ripped from his back and lying on the ground as four men kicked and punched him outside Aikmans Bar.

Ryder was lying in a bush "shaking, vomiting and covered in blood" in the carpark of Merivale McDonald's, which is opposite the bar, when two ambulances arrived to assist him shortly after midnight.

Adam, who was drinking at the bar, said the brawl broke out behind him.

"From what I could tell it looked pretty unprovoked," he said.

"Four dudes were just laying into him and absolutely smashing him on the ground. His shirt was ripped off and they were kicking him and punching him while he was down."

Ryder managed to stand up during the attack but was quickly knocked back to the ground, Adam said.

He was not sure if the men were friends of Ryder, but said they "damn knew who he was".

Ryder's attackers were swearing at him as they beat him. The four men ran off when police sirens were heard, he said.

Emma Ferguson was also at Aikmans having a drink with friends when the incident unfolded in front of her on the footpath outside the entrance to the bar.

"Jesse walked out of the bar and was standing outside when a group of three or four guys were literally just on him - punching and kicking [him].

"It seemed as if all of a sudden there was a fight."

Within seconds Ryder was on the ground and while she couldn't see him being assaulted, because a wall obscured her view, she could hear the blows landing.

"They were kicking him very hard. As hard as they could. It was pretty horrific."

A group of people from inside the bar went to Ryder's aid and pulled the attackers off him.

"I couldn't believe that he [Jesse] managed to get up again."

His shirt was ripped and he stumbled across the road and collapsed at the entrance to the McDonalds' car park, Ferguson said.

"Then he started vomiting and shaking.

"I felt it [the attack] was completely unprovoked. It just seemed to come out of nowhere on a very idle ... night. It was very brutal.''

Patron Alysha Green said Ryder was with a group and all of them were drinking, but didn't seem "overly intoxicated".

"They weren't causing any drama or drawing attention to themselves."

There were only about 20 people in the bar when she left about 11.30pm.

"It was a good vibe. Everyone was calm and peaceful."
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WindieWeathers

WindieWeathers

International Regular
I feel for the guy, he's had so many set backs be it personal and on the field and tbh in the back of my mind i've always wanted the lad to get his act together as he's good to watch when he's in full flow, i wish him well and i hope he makes a full recovery.
 
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Pup Clarke

Cricketer Of The Year
Not ashamed to say I've shedded a tear or two reading through the thread. As flibberty mentioned, it's the thought of 4 on 1...
 
Ausage

Ausage

Cricketer Of The Year
That's so ****ed up.

Human garbage is the best descriptor I've read for the scum that did this.

Hope he makes a full recovery.
 
Cruxdude

Cruxdude

International Debutant
Wow this is so terrible. Feel sick reading the description of the attack and the injuries inflicted on him. Pray that he gets back to normal and comes back to international cricket.
 
Hurricane

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
Days of Grace said:
That is just so ****ed, but somehow it doesn't surprise me. Nothing really does anymore, such is the ****iness of the human race.
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****ing ****s. I am seriously sickened and dismayed that someone would attack him. What the **** is wrong with people.
 
HeathDavisSpeed

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hurricane said:
Indeed I am livid over this. What is the likely sentence if convicted of assault? Please don't say 6 months.
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I reckon they'll get the maximum as if they're caught, they'll face trial by media first and presumably widely vilified; regardless of circumstance.
 
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