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David Klemmer embraces devastated Chase Stanley in heartbreaking dressing room scene.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...e/news-story/3c99b4089f6bb4b5d8310ea0bcd06de4
CHASE Stanley has had one of the unluckiest 100-game NRL careers in memory.
It was one of rugby league’s great triumphs when he ran out for the milestone game at Belmore Oval on Monday night and one of its great tragedies that he was unable to finish it.
Stanley was inconsolable in the dressing room at half-time after he was forced from the field with a hamstring injury in the 37th minute and his despair brought out the best in one of his teammates, with David Klemmer captured on camera comforting the injury prone 26-year-old in a warm embrace.
Klemmer is better known for his skull crushing on the field than his tender side off it but his care for his hurting teammate was clear as Stanley wept into the 120kg Origin prop’s chest.
Click on the player at the top of the page to watch the heartbreaking scene!
The scene led to speculation the injury may have been serious enough to end Stanley’s career but that likelihood was tempered by Bulldogs coach Des Hasler who confirmed it was a hamstring injury likely to keep him sidelined for weeks rather than months.
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“He’s done the hamstring, so he’ll have that scanned but it’s not good,” Hasler said in the post-match press conference.
“He’ll miss a couple of weeks.”
Still, the devastating dressing room scene had a huge impact on fans and commentators alike, with social media lighting up in reaction to Stanley’s tears.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...e/news-story/3c99b4089f6bb4b5d8310ea0bcd06de4
CHASE Stanley has had one of the unluckiest 100-game NRL careers in memory.
It was one of rugby league’s great triumphs when he ran out for the milestone game at Belmore Oval on Monday night and one of its great tragedies that he was unable to finish it.
Stanley was inconsolable in the dressing room at half-time after he was forced from the field with a hamstring injury in the 37th minute and his despair brought out the best in one of his teammates, with David Klemmer captured on camera comforting the injury prone 26-year-old in a warm embrace.
Klemmer is better known for his skull crushing on the field than his tender side off it but his care for his hurting teammate was clear as Stanley wept into the 120kg Origin prop’s chest.
Click on the player at the top of the page to watch the heartbreaking scene!
The scene led to speculation the injury may have been serious enough to end Stanley’s career but that likelihood was tempered by Bulldogs coach Des Hasler who confirmed it was a hamstring injury likely to keep him sidelined for weeks rather than months.
Reynolds pulls a Hoppa
0:29
“He’s done the hamstring, so he’ll have that scanned but it’s not good,” Hasler said in the post-match press conference.
“He’ll miss a couple of weeks.”
Still, the devastating dressing room scene had a huge impact on fans and commentators alike, with social media lighting up in reaction to Stanley’s tears.