Any rugby player ever caught on the wrong side of a ruck will relate to this GRAPHIC head injury

Geoff Parling helped Exeter Chiefs into the Champions Cup quarter finals at the weekend.

The England lock has been a rock for the Chiefs ever since his switch from Leicester Tigers and was right in the mix, again, as Ospreys were sent packing at Sandy Park. Parling paid a high price for his combative ways, however, and was a bloody mess by the time the final whistle sounded. https://twitter.com/ExeterChiefs/status/691346094605897732 He needed surgical intervention to mend a deep, deep head gash, which occurred when he was caught on the wrong side of a ruck. Last night, Parling felt compelled to share this GRAPHIC image of his head wound. You have been warned. Okay, here goes... https://twitter.com/geoffparling/status/691595228231376897