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The Australian basketball star whose skull was fractured in a dastardly punch rips out his IV and is discharged from hospital before being rushed for emergency surgery.
- NBL star Harry Froling rushed into surgery after a disgusting dastardly punch
- The Brisbane Bullets player suffered a fractured skull and a brain hemorrhage
- The 24-year-old discharged himself and later required emergency surgery.
NBL star Harry Froling has left the Australian basketball world in shock, after requiring emergency surgery for a fractured skull and brain haemorrhage after a sickening dastardly attack in Wollongong.
The 24-year-old Brisbane Bullets star suffered a head injury after an attack in the early hours of Sunday morning while in the southern regional city of Sydney.
It came just hours after he played for the Bullets in a game against the Wollongong Hawks, a team that includes his brother, Sam.
Brisbane Bullets star Harry Froling will miss the remainder of the NBL season after being rushed into emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage and a fractured skull following a dastardly punching attack in Wollongong.
The former NBL Rookie of the Year is understood to have been drinking with his teammates until the early hours of Sunday morning after their 103-86 win over the Hawks.
He was reportedly dragged out of a nightclub around 2 a.m. after showing ‘signs of intoxication,’ according to the daily telegraph.
The post revealed that he was seen walking through the Crown Street nightclub and talking to several women, before a man stood up to join them, before punching Froling in the face.
It caused the 210cm, 123kg star to stagger backwards and hit his head, knocking him unconscious with blood pouring from his ear, as shocked bystanders rendered him first aid as the other party walked away.
Harry Froling, pictured before a Brisbane Bullets game late last year, is facing a long recovery after suffering a fractured skull in the sickening incident.
Froling was taken to Wollongong Hospital at 2:40am but for some unknown reason refused to have a head CT scan, before staff went to check on him again to find that the IV drip had been removed and he was had discharged.
He returned to Queensland with his teammates but, unsurprisingly, complained of headaches and was taken to Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital, where doctors found the severe head injuries and rushed him into surgery.
In the aftermath of the attack, his club issued a statement, saying they would have no further comment and would assist both the NSW Police and the league with their investigation into the incident.
“The Brisbane Bullets are working closely with the NSW Police and the NBL Integrity Unit as they investigate the circumstances surrounding an alleged assault on Harry Froling,” the statement read.
Harry is recovering from an incident that occurred after the team’s away game in Wollongong and will miss the remainder of the NBL23 season.
“As an investigation is ongoing, the Club is not in a position to comment further, other than to say that the players, coaches and staff send their best wishes and love to Harry and his family.”
“The Club respectfully requests privacy for the Froling family at this time,” the brief statement ends.
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