Watch: Kiwi ex NRL champ Kevin Proctor knocked out in controversial run it straight event
Former Kiwis representative Kevin Proctor was knocked unconscious and suffered an apparent seizure during the Runit Championship League's controversial final. Video / RUNIT02 Dubai
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Footage from the event shows Proctor running towards a man, reportedly social media influencer Jordan Simi, colliding, and falling to the ground. Photo: Instagram / Runit League via RNZ Former NRL and Kiwis forward Kevin Proctor took a heavy hit in the RUNIT 02 event in Dubai over the weekend. A video of the event shows Proctor running towards a man, reportedly social media influencer Jordan Simi, who carries a ball. The two collide sending Proctor into the air. He then falls to his side on the ground where he doesn't immediately move. Staff rush towards him and help him into a sitting position as his leg kicks out. Proctor, a former Kiwis rugby league international, played 22 games for New Zealand between 2012-2019. The 36-year-old had a 14-year career in the NRL playing for Melbourne Storm from 2008-2016 and was a member of the 2012 premiership winning side. He played for Gold Coast Titans from 2017-2022 but his contract was terminated after he posted a video of himself on social media vaping during the halftime break. He then headed to England to Superleague side Wakefield Trinity before moving to France to play for semi-professional side AS Carcassone last year. Health experts have raised concerns about Run It Straight events which they've called a "dangerous spectacle". The risks were highlighted by the death of Ryan Satterthwaite, 19, in Palmerston North in May after he was critically injured playing a tackle game with friends. At an Auckland event in May two men retired due to knocks to the head, one slumping to the ground and appearing to have a seizure. Coroner Bruce Hesketh also took aim at the events which he said had "all the hallmarks of perilous activity that makes no attempt to mitigate head injury".
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Footage from the event shows Proctor running towards a man, reportedly social media influencer Jordan Simi, colliding, and falling to the ground. Photo: Instagram / Runit League Former NRL and Kiwis forward Kevin Proctor took a heavy hit in the RUNIT 02 event in Dubai over the weekend. A video of the event shows Proctor running towards a man, reportedly social media influencer Jordan Simi, who carries a ball. The two collide sending Proctor into the air. He then falls to his side on the ground where he doesn't immediately move. Staff rush towards him and help him into a sitting position as his leg kicks out. Proctor, a former Kiwis rugby league international, played 22 games for New Zealand between 2012-2019. The 36-year-old had a 14-year career in the NRL playing for Melbourne Storm from 2008-2016 and was a member of the 2012 premiership winning side. He played for Gold Coast Titans from 2017-2022 but his contract was terminated after he posted a video of himself on social media vaping during the halftime break. He then headed to England to Superleague side Wakefield Trinity before moving to France to play for semi-professional side AS Carcassone last year. Health experts have raised concerns about Run It Straight events which they've called a "dangerous speculate". The risks were highlighted by the death of Ryan Satterthwaite , 19, in Palmerston North in May after he was critically injured playing a tackle game with friends. At an Auckland event in May two men retired due to knocks to the head, one slumping to the ground and appearing to have a seizure. Coroner Bruce Hesketh also took aim at the events which he said had "all the hallmarks of perilous activity that makes no attempt to mitigate head injury". Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
