Blinded in a rugby tackle, Teilah uses TikTok to heal

Blinded in a rugby tackle, Teilah uses TikTok to heal

Teilah Ferguson had made thousands of tackles before, picking up a rugby ball for the first time as a young kid in Napier with big dreams.  But this time for the Hurricanes Poua and Hawke’s Bay Tui midfielder, the aftermath of a routine tackle felt very different.  Ferguson was playing a club game at Elwood Park in Hastings in May, she went in for a tackle and a boot flipped up and went straight into her eye. When the stud hit her eye she knew i…