South African athlete Ernst Joubert plays rugby for Saracens, a professional team based in St Albans, England. From the looks of the picture below from the BBC's Dan Roan, someone mistook Joubert's face for the ball during his team's 27-16 win over Ulster in the Heineken Cup last weekend in Twickenham, England...
There are some pretty roughneck athletes out there, capable of withstanding some rather fierce beat-downs without showing many signs of pain. None are as tough as superstar Rugby champion Paul Wood who sustained a ruptured testicle over the weekend and finished out the game...