A Mexican rugby player has suffered a brutal but equally bizarre injury during a game at the 2024 Rugby Americas North Sevens Tournament in Trinidad, resulting in a nasty cut on his head that required many stitches.
Diego Aguilar raced away to score a try with the score levelat nil-all against Bermuda. As he slowed before putting down the ball, an opposition player caught up with him and pushed Aguilar into the padded right-hand post.
While he managed to twist over and score, the contact dislodged the crossbar. Moments after Aguilar got up the crossbar fell and struck him on the head.
Play was stopped for about 10 minutes while Aguilar received medical attention and the match was able to get back under way.
New Zealand twice rallied back from deficits of 14-0 and 21-12 to take the lead with four minutes to play, but gave an intercept to Australia’s Maddison Levi who darted 80 metres to score the match-winning try.
New Zealand were handed their second loss of the weekend by Spain after going down to them in pool play. The All Blacks Sevens snuck into the quarter-finals as the best third-placed team and booked a spot in the semifinals with a thrilling win over South Africa, courtesy of a match-winner from Sofai Maka as time expired.
New Zealand eventually finished fourth after losing the bronze final to Argentina.
