[2021 NZACC 178 – Kirdy v ACC (8 November 2021) [pdf, 184 KB]
...to get up and said it was very painful but had to carry on playing in a wing position rather than his normal position of prop, so as to make up numbers and not forfeit the game. [47] Two days later, on 25 July 2016, Redwood Physiotherapy filed an ACC injury claim form with the description of injury as follows: In a tackle twisted ankle and kicked on back of ankle. [48] The assessment by the physiotherapist under the heading ‘current history’ includes the following...