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Wishing a legend of the game a speedy recovery, I think we can all relate to the accident...
Zinzan recovering after surgery
From correspondents in Madrid
May 29, 2007
NEW Zealand rugby legend Zinzan Brooke is recovering in a Spanish hospital after surgery on a head injury, a spokesman for the Barbarians organisation said today.
Brooke, who was coaching the Barbarians on their tour of Tunisia and Spain, sustained the injury after the side's 52-26 win over Spain in Elche last Wednesday.
"He got the injury while getting out of a taxi at the hotel in the early hours of Thursday morning," Barbarians press officer Alan Evans said.
"He fell down and hit the back of his head on the ground."
(I think what he is trying to say is he came home pissed and fell over )
An initial diagnosis by the team doctor cleared Brooke but the medico recommended he did not fly back with the team.
Brooke complained of headaches on Sunday, when hospital staff operated to relieve the pressure on his brain caused by a clot.
Brooke, 42, played 58 Tests and scored 17 tries for New Zealand.
Reuters