You've heard of Jamie Roberts playing on with a fractured skull and Richie McCaw appearing in a World Cup with a broken foot, but 'Buck' Shelford's story will be right up there with rugby's most courageous moments.
Wayne 'Buck' Shelford was a former All Black captain, whose harrowing story from 1986 has been given a new lease on TikTok.
Originally posted last year on the All Blacks' TikTok account, Rugby Joe have re-uploaded his particular clip in recent weeks and it has been drawing attention from rugby fans around the globe. Across the two accounts, the video has amassed more than 6.7 million views amid a title of 'Is this the toughest man to play rugby?' The game in question was infamously dubbed 'The Battle of Nantes', where France's brutality paid dividends against New Zealand, with Les Bleus winning 16-3.
