With five minutes to play in Warringah Rats' round 16 fixture against Sydney University at Pittwater Rugby Park on Saturday, Rats hooker Wes Thomas lay prone on his back, motionless - it was like he couldn't move. Scratch like - Thomas could not move. The Rats had been pressuring the Uni line when Thomas attempted a very “hooker” play - he took the ball from the bottom of a ruck and sought to burrow through for a try from less than a metre out. When the ball is in that part of the field, it's rugby 101; the only play. Yet Thomas's short drive was repelled by an equally immovable object coming the other way, and there followed heavy contact to neck and shoulder. From that point...