A painful injury with severe bruising caused by a heavy blow, typically gained while participating in contact sports.
a collision with a fellow Tasmanian left him with a corkie
Example sentencesExamples
- Their key defender is in massive doubt for the upcoming clash due to two corkies that he suffered early in last week's win.
- The Blues had injury concerns out of the game with one player receiving a bad corkie to the hip and another stretchered off in the final quarter with what seemed to be a hyper-extension of the leg.
- He was substituted out of the match with a corkie but should keep his spot.
- He has a corkie that hasn't quite healed in time for the clash.
- He suffered a corkie to the quad.
- He kicked three goals for Western Storm, limping off late in the game with what appeared to be a corkie.
- He will be in some doubt after suffering a bad corkie against Sydney at the weekend.