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11th Jun 2015

Rugby League star snaps bone as live TV arm-wrestle challenge goes badly wrong [EXTREMELY GRAPHIC]

Grim, grim stuff.

Patrick McCarry

Please be warned, this is horrific.

Rugby League star Ben Ross snapped his arm in a gruesome accident on live television during the NRL Footy Show in Australia.

Was was taking on Wendell Sailor in what was supposed to be a fun joust between the two players.

What follows cannot be unseen, or unheard.

https://youtu.be/Uv3ObNFSpmI

UPDATE: Ross has since spoken about the incident to 9 News in Australia. He commented,’I heard a snap and I didn’t know what had happened and when I looked up I saw my arm was at a different level, and when I looked at Wendell’s face I knew something was wrong.’

The two men were taking part in the challenge in order to raise money for respective charities.

Ross added, ‘

It was a complete accident and we were doing it for a great cause,” he said.

“If you said it was going to happen again I’d still do it.’

Meanwhile, Leinster winger Darragh Fanning is feeling guilty about the incident. He posted this picture of himself, with Sailor, from during his time in Oz.

Thanks to Gavin Doherty, who sent this clip to us on Twitter.

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