The 6 Most Gruesome Injuries Suffered During a Sports Match

3. Wayne Shelford

Sport: Rugby

Year: 1986

Injury: Scrotum torn open and four teeth lost

The All Blacks are probably the roughest rugby team around, and Wayne ‘Buck’ Shelford lived up to the fame of his team. Only 20 minutes into a match New Zealand was playing against France, Shelford got caught under a ruck; nothing too unusual in this aggressive sport. However, when a French player accidentally hit Shelford with his spikes on the groin, things turned from ordinary to extraordinary. Buck’s scrotum was torn open and his testicle dangled freely. Amazingly he was stitched up shortly afterwards and kept on playing. Oh, he also lost four teeth in the process, a minor injury compared to the other…