New St Helens signing Josh Perry calms injury fears

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"The surgeons have never seen what I have. I've got no ligament or nerve damage. They just levered it back in."

Levered it back in. Yuck. I can't read without shivering

i know,

he seems to have taken it well

*wince*

It's like the one about the bloke who dislocated a hip playing rugby but when they tried to put it back in for him one of his balls had accidentally fallen into the socket and got crushed.

Urban myth.

Martin Dermott once dislocated his elbow. They managed to put it back and he played the next week.

elbow? wimp! tibia, thats a mans dislocation!

I vaguely remember that. Didn't he slip over in the shower after a game or something?

David fairleigh did the same, dislocated his shoulder, played the following week and it popped again, think that was his last game in saints shirt.

I've dislocated my thumb more times than ive had hot dinners, they just pop it back in and play on, the doc says i need op but ive been playing with it for 10yrs now.

You are one hard man.

Nowt that I once played 40 minutes at hooker with a broken wrist. Got the op scars to prove it too.

Your favourite scrum half of all time is still recovering from his dislocated elbow. I just can't imagine how painful that injury must be. I knock my elbow and I threaten to pass out.

I dislocated a finger once and popped it back myself , hurt like hell. Glad Perry's ok , you never know how people are gonna recover from major injuries

I played a full half with my shoulder out.....we had no subs

I once forgot to wear my lucky boxer shorts but played a full game despite this!

this reminds me of the comparing scars scene in Jaws for some reason.

.....and I had a pint after the match before driving myself to Whiston Hozzy from Beech Hill In Wigan.***








***Note neither big nor clever kids.