Rugby

POC on his international debut:

“I don’t remember it. I tackled Craig Quinnell and he knocked me clean unconscious with his elbow. I played on for 25 minutes, scored a try and then, eventually, with seven minutes left in the first half, I came around. I didn’t really know what was going on and so I walked off the pitch. The doctor was asking my phone number and holding up his hand and saying how many fingers? I looked up at the clock and it said 2 minutes 19. I told the doctor: ‘Mick, I’m not coming off after 2 minutes 19 seconds.’ Mick said: ‘There’s 2 minutes 19 seconds left of the half. You’ve played the whole half. You scored a try.’ I argued with him: ‘I didn’t score a try. You’re only saying that to get me to come off.’ That’s when he said: ‘Look, you’re not going back on.’ I saw the video later and I did score but I have no recollection of it”