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TIL during a rugby match in 1978 JPR Williams was deliberately stamped on by an opposing New Zealand player, ripping his cheek open and leaving his teeth visible through the wound. Williams lost two pints of blood and had his dad sew 30 stitches to close the injury before rejoining the match

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