SportsPotato: Watch (Or Don’t Watch) This BRUTAL, Achilles-Rupturing Heel Hook From a Welsh Rugby Match

The last time we checked in with…the entire sport of rugby, we saw Wigan Warriors prop Ben Flower savagely KO Lance Hohaia of St Helens RLFC with what BG dubbed “one of the most disgusting fouls I’ve ever seen in a non-combat sport.” And today, it appears that that landmark cheap shot has been surpassed.

Video after the jump.

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The last time we checked in with…the entire sport of rugby, we saw Wigan Warriors prop Ben Flower savagely KO Lance Hohaia of St Helens RLFC with what BG dubbed “one of the most disgusting fouls I’ve ever seen in a non-combat sport.” And today, it appears that that landmark cheap shot has been surpassed.

Video after the jump.

During a match between the North Wales Crusaders and the Rochdale Hornets over the weekend, Tony Suffolk committed the hands-down most atrocious foul *I’ve* ever seen, tackling Crusaders forward Alex Thompson to the ground in the opening minutes and applying a brutal heel hook that effectively ended Thompson’s season. According to various sources, the heel hook not only ruptured Thompson’s achilles but damaged his MCL as well, forcing him to take unpaid leave from his job as a landscape gardener. (Because believe it or not, not all countries pay their athletes enough to affect entire economies. Weird.)

What an absolutely abhorrent display by Suffolk there, but luckily (and inexplicably), we here at CagePotato have been given the honor of handing down his punishment: Two minutes on the mat with THIS GUY:

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God help you, Tony Suffolk.

GOD.

HELP.

YOU.

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SportsPotato: Ben Flower Scores Savage KO Via Punches During Rugby Match, Is Ejected

I don’t pretend to understand the rules of rugby, but I do know this — you are generally not allowed to punch an unconscious opponent in the face. This weekend at the 2014 Super League Grand Final, a hulking Wigan Warriors prop named Ben Flower got his dumb ass ejected in the second minute of the game when he forgot which sport he was playing, knocked out Lance Hohaia with a straight right, then landed another devastating blow from above because Steve Mazzagatti hadn’t jumped in yet. (Skip to 0:43 for the replay.) It’s honestly one of the most disgusting fouls I’ve ever seen in a a non-combat-sport, and fortunately, Flower’s team lost the game.

I don’t pretend to understand the rules of rugby, but I do know this — you are generally not allowed to punch an unconscious opponent in the face. This weekend at the 2014 Super League Grand Final, a hulking Wigan Warriors prop named Ben Flower got his dumb ass ejected in the second minute of the game when he forgot which sport he was playing, knocked out Lance Hohaia with a straight right, then landed another devastating blow from above because Steve Mazzagatti hadn’t jumped in yet. (Skip to 0:43 for the replay.) It’s honestly one of the most disgusting fouls I’ve ever seen in a a non-combat-sport, and fortunately, Flower’s team lost the game.