Rugby
Teenage rugby player has arm ‘ripped from body’ in tackle that changed his life
During a rugby match that lasted just five minutes for Spencer Wadsworth, a ferocious tackle resulted in his right arm being horrifically ripped from his body. The 19-year-old Keele University student from Coventry recollected the fateful moment during an away game in Lancaster: “I remember the pain of the tackle, but I can’t remember any of the game. I remember being on the ground and asking where my arm was.”
Following the brutal incident, Spencer faced an agonising time filled with severe pain and potent medication. “It is like a really sharp, intense pain that comes in waves. You can’t get away from it,” adding that a cocktail of Tramadol, antidepressants, and other drugs left him feeling “detached from reality.”
