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Inside the opening three minutes they gave away a ruck penalty which Pollard narrowly put wide before Kyle Sinckler collided with the elbow of Mapimpi and was knocked cold, necessitating a lengthy stoppage.

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Rudolph appeared to be knocked cold immediately by the hit, then his head bounced off the turf when he fell to the ground.

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To resolve disputes, or even just for sport, men in the same village whacked each other over the head with enormous clubs until one combatant quit or was knocked cold.

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Earlier in the game he was knocked cold and diagnosed with a concussion.

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Later, Rogan deflected criticism of Overeem’s unsportsmanlike claim by noting that interviewing a guy moments after he’s been knocked cold is folly.

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