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Date Posted: 11:55:34 05/21/02 Tue
Author: BARNEY
Subject: Don't take your Mum to watch you play

Rugby player's finger bitten off during game

May 21 2002 at 06:34AM

By Kashiefa Ajam
A young rugby player intends to lay a charge against an opponent who bit off nearly half his index finger during a match at the weekend.
"My finger looked like something out of a horror movie," said Virgil Wepener on Monday.
Wepener has identified the other player, but he could not be contacted for comment on Monday night.
'Half my finger was lying on the rugby field'
The player's club, Peninsula RFC, could also not be contacted.
Wepener, 21, from Mitchell's Plain, plays at centre for Temperance Rugby Football Club.
His club played a league match against Peninsula in Muizenberg on Saturday afternoon.
"I tried to prevent my opponent from scoring a try, so I put my hand under the ball.
"While the referee was deciding whether this guy had scored a try or not, he bit my finger. I did not feel the pain immediately."
'Now I can't do my work'
Wepener said the try was not awarded, but he still had not realised that "half my finger was lying on the rugby field".
"My friend came over and picked up the piece of flesh and put it in my pocket. Only then did I realise that it was actually burning," he said.
Wepener's mother Ingrid apologised to spectators for the foul language she had used on Saturday.
"I was so rude and for that I must apologise. But I am still angry because the other guy was not even booked, and the referee allowed the game to continue," she said.
Her son was later taken to Groote Schuur Hospital for treatment.
Ingrid Wepener added that her brother-in-law had been paralysed while playing a rugby match, so she understood the dangers involved.
"The incident with my brother-in-law happened during a tackle. It was an accident. But this one was no accident, it was intentional," she said.
Wepener, who works for an insurance company, said he often used a computer to do his job.
"It's quite ironic that it's my finger, which I use to do my work, that is injured. Now I can't do my work," said a distraught Wepener, with his hand all bandaged up.

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