Haydn Peacock suffered a horrible injury during a match last month for French team AS Carcassonne.

The Australian rugby player needed 11 stitches after an opposing player grabbed his crotch and "pretty much ripped my d--- off," Peacock explained to French Footy.

Not the best reason to be on the front page of the paper this morning. #rugbyleague is definitely not a sport I recommend. 11 stitches later for the little fella but she'll be right A photo posted by Haydn peacock (@haydnpeacock11) on Feb 8, 2016 at 5:29am PST

"I took the ball off the scrum and made a half-break, and their centre has come across from the inside and reached out in a last-ditch effort and has got a hold of my d--- with one hand and pulled me down," Peacock explained.

Somehow he kept playing until he checked himself during halftime.

"I checked on it and the skin is half ripped off and I was like, 'where's the doctor?'" he said. "In all of my career I've never heard of anyone having anything like that happen - 11 stitches in the d---."

But the Australian will not be playing with a cup, no.

"I remember I had to strap it all up for the next game ... the coach wanted me to go out and buy a cup but I'm not going to play with a cup," Peacock said.