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Rugby lad, 17, may never play again after being mowed down by car and hit with golf club

Matthew Hayden needed emergency surgery for a bleed on the brain after the attack and had to cancel US scholarship

Andy Jehring

Published: 3:02, 5 Jun 2018

A YOUNG rugby player was left with a fractured skull after being run over then beaten by a gang.

Matthew Hayden, 17, needed emergency surgery for a bleed on the brain.

A young rugby player may never play sport again after car gang attack — A young rugby player may never play sport again after car gang attackCredit: MEN Media

Matthew Hayden, 17, was left with a fractured skull after being run over then hit with a golf club — Matthew Hayden, 17, was left with a fractured skull after being run over then hit with a golf clubCredit: MEN Media

The teen needed emergency surgery for a bleed on the brain and had to cancel a scholarship to a US university — The teen needed emergency surgery for a bleed on the brain and had to cancel a scholarship to a US universityCredit: MEN Media

He has had to cancel a scholarship to a US university and may never play sport again.

He was driving with two pals when four men in a Nissan Micra rammed him off the road.

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As he got out, the thugs drove into him. One beat him with a golf club, and another hit pal Josh Jones with a crowbar before the gang fled.

Police are still probing the motive behind Saturday’s attack in Rochdale.

Aaron Jones of Littleborough RUFC said: “It has shocked everyone. Matthew and Josh aren’t troublemakers.”

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