Injury Former Lion Aaron Cornelius severely injures knee

[Cockliff38]

Peter Newlinds reporting that Ace has sustained a serious injury. Game abandoned after play was halted for 30 minutes. Early reports are a badly broken leg but he has not been able to move from the field. Fingers crossed

 

[MacMum]

Dear god.....everything crossed for him

 

[iBeng]

Yikes, not what you want to hear about anyone, let alone one of your own past players...

 

[MacMum]

According to the tweets he is still laying motionless on the ground half hour later..

..never thought I would hope for only a broken leg for anyone..

..this is not sounding good.

How do we find out more?

 

[Hollow Knight]

Jesus, hang in there Ace.

 

[Cockliff38]

Update - stretchered off after an hour. Badly broken leg seems to be the verdict. Let's hope for nothing more

 

[MacMum]

Motionless after half and hour makes me wonder and worry......if only a broken leg, you'd think he'd be writhing in agony or at least moving around, an arm or something......and then take nearly an hour to even move him.

 

[ZoBlitz]

Possibly just passed out with the pain. Not good regardless.

 

[MacMum]

Could some of you guys with twitter, please send out our love to Aaron, even if through that Newlinds person?

I feel helpless, but want him to know we are thinking of him....but I can't do anything about it

 

[Cockliff38]

A local reporter described it as Ace taking "the biggest hanger in state league footy history". Injured on the returning impact. Sounds like a broken femur but it could be broken in two places...

 

[Football Pope]

Motionless after half and hour makes me wonder and worry......if only a broken leg, you'd think he'd be writhing in agony or at least moving around, an arm or something......and then take nearly an hour to even move him.

Might have been given the "green stick pain killer" and had a reaction to it....

 

[Zhesty]

Terribly saddening news. Hang in there Ace.

 

[Haso]

I'm desperately hoping for no compound fracture, because if the skin was broken and he was lying in the field for an hour waiting for the ambulance, you can't help but expect another Jaral Yow Yeh situation.

 

[MacMum]

..a whooa-whatta situation??

 

[Viceregal]

..a whooa-whatta situation??

Broncos player

edit

Yow Yeh, 24, sustained a compound fracture to his right ankle in a fourth-round game against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2012.

He endured 10 operations on the shattered ankle and was regularly in and out of hospital as the injury, which doctors compared to those sustained in a motorcycle accident, got infected.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-17/jharal-yow-yeh-to-retire-from-rugby-league/5325546

 

[MacMum]

ok, thanks

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Yow yeh broke his ankle on the joint, couldn't pivot on it properly again. Had a bloke snap his femur playing soccer, I crashed into him playing keeper, he landed on me and I had to stay there for 30 or so minutes while they could move him. Back playing again but was out for about 2 years

 

[POBT]

Far out. Geez, I hope he's ok. Sounds bloody awful.

 

[POBT]

There is some video footage on the courier mail website. I don't even want to link to it because it is the most graphic piece of football footage that I've seen. Stomach churning.

The report is a dislocated knee. In some respects, it may be better news than a badly broken leg. Maybe.

 

[Viceregal]

There is some video footage on the courier mail website. I don't even want to link to it because it is the most graphic piece of football footage that I've seen. Stomach churning.

The report is a dislocated knee. In some respects, it may be better news than a badly broken leg. Maybe.

Just went and had a look there - definitely something you choose to watch not have thrust upon you - don't even want to think about what it must have felt like.

Thoughts and prayers with Acorn...

 

[Tairy Greene]

The report is a dislocated knee. In some respects, it may be better news than a badly broken leg. Maybe.

It's incredibly high if it's a break, I only watched it once coz the shock of realising wht happens when he moves it was quite overwhelming.

 

[Cockliff38]

I've never seen anything like it. It's in a different category to the Nathan Brown or more recently Paul George-type leg injuries but wow. Prepare yourself before/if you're going to watch it

 

[Milux]

Poor Ace. Can't catch a break this guy. (No pun intended). Hope he gets back to playing footy sooner or later.

 

[Voss the boss]

How calm did he look when he pulled his leg around! Poor fella there has to be some serious damage internally from that . I hope he had not taken his last screamer ever. Hang in there ace.

 

[BigEasyPeasy]

The report is a dislocated knee. In some respects, it may be better news than a badly broken leg. Maybe.

Geez. That's a motorbike injury.

SPOILER ALERT- Discussion about serious injury.

If it's a true dislocated knee, we're talking both cruciates gone and at least either MCL or LCL. But even more serious is potential nerve and vascular damage. Not uncommon for people to suffer from foot drop, and at worst, loss of limb if the vascular damage is extensive enough.

It's one of the few 'sporting' injuries that is a medical emergency.