Late last week a college hurdler in the United States completed a race with a torn Achilles. She screamed in pain as she made her way to the finish line, all for the benefit of just ONE point for her team.

Do you believe it? Adam Treloar didn’t.

During his weekly vodcast with SEN presenter Mark Allen, Treloar was inspired enough by these feats to discuss other examples of brave athletes playing through pain.

From San Francisco 49er Ronnie Lott’s amputated finger in 1985 to Alan Didak playing with a torn pec in the 2010 Grand Final, the pair discussed what it takes to play through the pain.

Treloar even touched on his own issues, including playing through osteitis pubis in his last season for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in 2015.

He recalled a certain game where he simply couldn’t keep up with some of his teammates.

“Tom Scully would run about 50 (sprints) per game. The average for a midfielder would be about 25 to 30 per game,” the Collingwood midfielder said.

“This one particular game where I had my OP, I had three sprints for the whole game…

“And that wasn’t because of effort mate. That was because of the pain.”

Use the module below to listen to Treloar and Allen discuss all things sport in episode eight of Sports Galore.


Catch up on Sports Galore

EPISODE 1 - Last-second victories

EPISODE 2 - Sporting heroes

EPISODE 3 - Trade stories

EPISODE 4 - Quirky collections

EPISODE 5 - Toughest roadtrips

EPISODE 6 - Amazing underdogs

EPISODE 7 - Sledgers and trash-talking