Sitaleki Akauola remembers watching, praying, as St Helens youngster Aaron Smith laid on the floor after a brutal collision last year.
Akauola had flattened his opponent. Not only had he flattened him, he'd hurt him, badly. Smith left the field on the stretcher and was taken to hospital. He was subsequently diagnosed with whiplash.
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