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An image of AFL premiership guardant Gary Rohan training pinch a gruesome scar conscionable a week aft requiring room connected his fractured skull has sent American sports fans into meltdown.
Rohan showed up astatine Geelong's tally connected Monday to do immoderate ray activity arsenic his teammates prepared themselves for Saturday's preliminary last against Brisbane astatine nan MCG.
The 33-year-old, who would beryllium incredibly improbable to play again this year, displayed a immense scar crossed his caput pinch 30 staples visible.
The Cats seasoned copped an accidental elbow to nan caput during nan first 4th of Geelong's VFL semi-final nonaccomplishment against Southport conscionable complete a week ago.
Despite not needing assistance to get to nan alteration rooms, he was taken to infirmary for further assessment, wherever scans confirmed nan worst.
He later shared a harrowing update and a photograph of him lying successful a infirmary furniture being comforted by his woman Madi.
American sports web ESPN has since shared images of Rohan training pinch staples successful his caput connected societal media, and fans could not judge what they were seeing.
'Bro should not beryllium connected nan field,' 1 stunned Instagram personification commented.
Photos of Gary Rohan (pictured) showing disconnected his shocking caput scar astatine training person sent American sports fans into a spin
Rohan made a astonishment quality pinch his teammates connected Monday aft requiring room connected his fractured skull - and showed disconnected nan gruesome after-effects of nan operation
'Them Aussie Rules guys are connected a full different level of toughness and craziness,' 1 wrote.
'NBA players would've been 6 feet under,' said another.
'This is why women outlive us,' posted a fourth.
'Get him disconnected nan field,' said another.
'Are nan guy's elbows made retired of knives?' different asked, referring to nan subordinate who gave Rohan nan injury.
Many US fans besides compared nan Cats prima to NFL prima Tua Tagovailoa successful their replies.
Tagovailoa will miss astatine slightest nan adjacent 4 NFL games aft sustaining his 4th diagnosed concussion successful 5 years successful Miami's 31-10 nonaccomplishment to Buffalo past weekend.
Another commenter measured NBA superstar LeBron James against Rohan and recovered nan American wanting.
'Lebron retired present flopping cuz personification slapped his caput and this warrior is retired present pinch a surgery skull,' they wrote.
It was different frightening infinitesimal for a quarterback, who has a agelong history of caput injuries and has near galore calling for him to discontinue aged conscionable 26.
Meanwhile, Rohan has been fixed nan spell up to play again erstwhile his concussion symptoms clear up.
Rohan posted a photograph from infirmary pinch his woman Madi (pictured) while awaiting room aft suffering a nan scary wounded during a VFL match
He had been plotting a comeback to nan Cats elder team, which has booked its spot into an AFL preliminary last and is now 1 triumph distant from nan expansive final.
'The aesculapian unit guarantee america that nan fracture, and nan room itself, looks a batch worse than it really is,' said Geelong coach Chris Scott while appearing on Channel 7’s Talking Footy.
'The concussion is nan bigger concern. So he is ruled retired for this week but he has progressed done nan protocols really good I'm told.
'The message is that he's available.'
Rohan has divided his play betwixt nan elder and VFL reserve squad this year, past featuring successful his 12th elder quality of nan twelvemonth successful a information 23 nonaccomplishment to St Kilda.
