http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpXCLJ1qKEY
It doesn’t make for especially pretty viewing, but here’s the clash of heads between Andrew Trimble and Lee Jones that knocked the Scotland man out cold.
Just over an hour into Ireland’s impressive victory over the Scots at the Aviva Stadium yesterday the two wingers met in what was a sickening collision in midfield, with Jones coming off by far the worse and bouncing off the turf after being knocked unconscious.
Neither man was to blame for the collision – it was entirely accidental – but how Trimble managed to emerge relatively unscathed and play on for the remaining 20 minutes is a minor miracle given the brute force of the exchange.
Jones was carted off the pitch and brought to hospital afterwards where he was to undergo a precautionary head scan and further news on his condition is expected to be announced later today.
When he does recover from the knock, he’ll have precious little memory of the incident and might want to avoid watching it again. After all, it’s not exactly something that would encourage a man to get straight back onto the rugby field.
If you think you can handle it, have a look at the incident again in the video above. But don’t say we didn’t warn you…
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