Playing in one of the biggest Intrust Super Shute Shield matches of the year at a packed Manly Oval, Marlins captain Kotoni Ale had ball in hand and was looking to extend his sides 14-10 lead over close rivals Warringah. Like he’d done many a time before, the 25-year old took on the defence with little thought for his own personal regard. But this time, something was different. This time, something went wrong. As Ale was tackled, his ankle dug into the Manly Oval turf with momentum taking his 104kg frame in the other direction. “At the time it was pretty painful and a fairly horrific injury… I went in and out of shock then once the medication got into my system I don’t remember much of how it happened or much of the rest of the day,” Ale told Rugby News. The backrower had suffered a dislocation and a compound fracture to his ankle and was taken to Royal North Shore hospital, with two ambulances and close to an hour needed to move him from the playing field. “I was in