Remarkably - on the evidence of the condition of the windscreen of the vehicle which hit him - the Sale rugby union player, Danny Cipriani, will still be considered for selection for a match next week.
"He's a lucky boy." they said.
Had the same thing happened to a Premier League football diva, it's quite likely that he would still be rolling around, clutching a part of his body which hadn't been touched, and demanding a red card for the bus driver. Danny, however, (after his release from hospital) tweeted, "My ribs are a bit sore and I feel as though I've been hit by a bus."
"He's a lucky boy." they said.
Had the same thing happened to a Premier League football diva, it's quite likely that he would still be rolling around, clutching a part of his body which hadn't been touched, and demanding a red card for the bus driver. Danny, however, (after his release from hospital) tweeted, "My ribs are a bit sore and I feel as though I've been hit by a bus."