My memory is a little hazy and I can’t remember the young fellas name, but I was watching an under 20s Parra game at the old Parra Stadium probably around 10 years ago.
There was a young fella on debut from memory he was a late call up and he was in number 20 or something and was playing fullback. I was second row from the fence behind the posts, only metres away from the field. Young kid jumped up to take a bomb like he would have done 1000 times, landed on his feet but went over on his ankle.
I clearly remember watching his lower leg shatter before my eyes, the noise was horrific. Then the poor merkin screamed so much I thought he might actually pass out. There was people all around in the crowd crying and the game was stopped for a good 20minutes while they got him off the field.
I remember reading a couple of years after that needless to say he never played again. The Men of League looked after him from memory.