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Katie Sands

Welsh rugby star publicly calls out URC as 'disgraceful' league posts appalling video of him being knocked out

Welsh rugby star Aled Summerhill has publicly called out the United Rugby Championship after the league mocked footage of him getting concussed.

The cross-continent competition shared a video clip of Cardiff Rugby wing Summerhill, 27, suffering a blow to the head amid a challenge during South African side Lions' win earlier this month. The clip's caption on social media said "goodnight" alongside sleeping and laughing emojis, and "ZZZ" over Summerhill's body as he lay on the ground.

He flew home early from Cardiff's away trip to South Africa and the social media clip has now emerged, met with criticism and outrage. "Really didn’t think head injuries were something to joke about with all that’s going on with it within the sport, there we are then URC," Summerhill said on Twitter.

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