Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Nah! it's just a scratch mate!

An Australian rugby league player competed for 15 weeks without knowing that an opponent's tooth was buried in his forehead.

Former National Rugby League prop Ben Czislowski, now playing with Brisbane club Wynnum, had a clash of heads April 1 with Tweed Heads forward Matt Austin, the Australian Associated Press reported Tuesday. He had the wound stitched but suffered an eye infection and complained of shooting pains in his head and of feeling lethargic. A visit to his doctor last week revealed the tooth imbedded in his head.

"I've got the tooth at home, sitting on the bedside table," he said. He said that if Austin wanted the tooth back "he can have it."

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