Moment of Agony

Many spectacular rodeo pictures have been published in the pages of Photo News over the years, but the "daddy" of them all would surely be this shot, recorded at the Kihikihi Rodeo by Waikato Pix photographer George Hawkins, of cowboy Rodger O'Neill's moment of agony.

Thrown from his furious mount, O'Neill lands awkwardly and his left leg breaks under the force of impact.

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A second later he was writhing in agony under the flashing hooves, before being dragged clear and rushed to hospital.