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August 08, 2005
If the Shoe Cuts...
Posted by Nick
Want to know a sport technology that can really hurt you? Blades in rugby.
Wigan coach Ian Millward has called for a ban on "razor-blade studs" after young star Harrison Hansen suffered "a great big hole in his leg" during Friday night's convincing win over Salford.
Hansen, a strong contender for the Young Player of the Year award after a fine campaign, was helped from the field in obvious pain during the first half of the clash at the JJB Stadium which Wigan won 40-12.
And Millward revealed after the game that the damage was caused by an opposition boot which sliced into the 19-year-old's leg as he was involved in a tackle.
"Harrison's got a great big hole in his leg," Millward admitted. "It's been caused by those blades players use now on the soles of their boots - they should all be banned.
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