Three concussions in three minutes: The craziest start in Origin history | app85
Dane Gagai was forced to use his body as a protective shield over teammate Selwyn Cobbo as tempers flared in the most brutal start to a match in State of Origin history, with three players concussed in as many minutes on Wednesday night.
The carnage in the opening minutes was punctuated by Cobbo’s friendly fire with teammate Patrick Carrigan, which rendered him unconscious as players from both teams rushed to a melee right around him beforeRealising the gravity of the situation, Gagai hunched over a vulnerable Cobbo to protect him as rivals shoved and grabbed each other.
The rarely-used 18th man, introduced by the NRL to allow a team to activate a fifth interchange player if they have three players ruled out of a game due to head knocks, was almost used. Tom Flegler would have walked into Suncorp Stadium thinking he was next-to-no chance of featuring in the series decider. He almost did.
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