Dave's Rugby Glory

This post is a little late in coming, but we just got a great new picture to show off!

After 4 years of playing rugby for the LA Rugby Club, Dave finally had a big injury this year. He ran his face into another guy's face while going for a ball back in March. His eye immediately split open, blood everywhere, and he calmly marched himself off of the pitch. (Rugby apparently has a rule that they call a "blood time out". When a player is injured and there is blood he must leave the field to clean it up. The player only has 10 minutes to get the blood cleaned up and get himself back into the game, otherwise he's out for the rest of the game. If you want a more detailed explanation than that you'll have to ask Dave!) Because of the blood rule, Dave didn't have much time to worry about his eye. The team doctor sat him down on the training bench and proceeded to give him six (blue!) stitches right on the side line. He cleaned him up, taped his whole head to prevent further damage and Dave ran back into the game--all within ten minutes! What a stud he is!

Here's a great shot of Dave's stitches and the shiner that came with it. He had a rugby buddy pull the stitches out a week later and he never missed a game.