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Video: Rugby player suspended after breaking opponent’s jaw with a knee to the face

Published 07:48 11 May 2015 BST

Neil Treacy
Video: Rugby player suspended after breaking opponent’s jaw with a knee to the face

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYWDoaM-vY

You're always told to tackle low in rugby. Sometimes tackling low means a fractured jaw.

Konrad Hurrell of the New Zealand Warriors will land himself with a three week suspension, after this gruesome knee o the face that left an opponent hospitalised. He took on the ball in his side's meeting with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at the weekend, with the Sharks Anthony Tupou attempting to tackle him. Hurrell jumped knee-first at the tackler, connecting with his face and sending him crashing to the ground. While he wasn't given a card at the time, he was put on report by the referee, and it's expected he'll pick up a three week suspension. His opponent, Tupou wasn't so lucky, ending up in hospital with a quadruple fractured jaw, and several dislodged teeth. Tupou later posted this incredibly sore looking post to Twitter. https://twitter.com/Martin_Lang11/status/597606135789539329

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Video: Rugby player suspended after breaking opponent's jaw with a knee to the face