The Gold Coast Bulletin

Cripps one tough nut

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THE legend of Patrick Cripps continues to grow after it was revealed yesterday he had played for six weeks with broken ribs.

Cripps is out for the rest of the year with a broken leg suffered in the loss to Melbourne after a bruising season so far.

It was already known he had played on despite a crack in his jaw after being punched by Jordan Lewis in Round 2.

But Carlton chief executive Steven Trigg yesterday said Cripps had suffered rib damage earlier in the year and just kept playing.

It is understood he used painkillin­g injections to deaden the pain in his rib cartilage.

The injury occurred in the first two weeks of the season, so at one stage Cripps was playing with broken ribs and a broken jaw.

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