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Former NRL star PJ Marsh will never forget the date - June 14, 2003.
It was the day his life changed forever - and when he began resenting rugby league.
Turning out for the Warriors against Parramatta, a seemingly routine tackle turned Marsh's life upside down.
'I heard a couple of cracking noises,' Marsh recalled. 'As I tried to get up to play the ball, I had this ridiculous pain through my whole body.
'You try to wiggle your toes and move your fingers. It's shocking fear. They (medical staff) put me in a brace. Then an ambulance. Then hospital.'
Subsequent x-rays revealed the hooker had a fracture in his neck following a tackle from Eels enforcer Darren Tracey.
Former NRL star PJ Marsh (pictured with his son) wants to see lengthy suspensions introduced for crusher-style tackles that can result in the sort of catastrophic damage he suffers
In 2003 Marsh fractured his neck when playing for the Warriors against the Eels - and then was sidelined until 2005
