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Happy Halloween: Here's 7 sports injuries that sent us crying for our mammy

CAUTION: We’re not messing. Some of these are really hard to watch.

THINGS THAT GO bump in the night are bad enough, but things that go bump and then crunch on a sports field make are much more terrifying.

Here are just some of the hits and tackles that made us think twice about sleeping with the lights off.

Poor Alfie

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Somehow, this kid was absolutely fine

That’s New Zealand schoolboys for ya, eh?

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Wuh… UGH!

Jimmy Bullard’s knee injury was one of the worst we’ve seen.

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Ruan Pienaar’s team-mate rolled over and clattered him this summer

Surgery on ice

(Again, these are disturbing scenes… it’s the way his legs kick out in pain.)

Montreal Canadiens Trent McCleary took a puck to the the throat. He went down, obviously. And was in tremendous pain, obviously, as the slap-shot had collapsed his windpipe.

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McCleary lost consciousness but had a tracheotomy within 10 minutes of leaving the rink.

Blood brothers

Meath Junior A football is tough, but when your brother turns into a dangerous weapon you should really be wearing full NFL pads.

Barry Lynch collided with his brother in the Royal Junior A county final last October, leaving him with his window into his mind.

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Pray for Paul George

Nobody should suffer a broken leg in a non-contact sport…

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