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Corner flag impales rugby player in freak injury as he holds spike aloft in hospital
rugby player showed off the spike that penetrated his leg during a match.Charlie Mills has been hailed "the toughest man in rugby league" after getting impaled on a corner flag while playing for Saddleworth Rangers in Oldham, Greater Manchester. He was attempting to score a try when the flag went through the back of his leg.The Rangers player needed surgery to remove the object, with former Oldham and Leeds Rhinos professional Barrie McDermott tweeting a picture of the man holding the cause of his injury.The former Super League champion and British international said in a post: "Toughest man in rugby league goes to Charlie Mills from Saddleworth Rangers.
