Defence Minister Peter MacKay is nursing a broken arm after a mishap in a charity rugby match.
The 43-year-old minister broke his right arm in the game which included members of the Canadian Forces team, the Ottawa Irish Rugby Club and national team players Rod Snow and Morgan Williams.
The game raised $25,000 for the Military Families Fund.
Mr. MacKay is known as a sports enthusiast who runs and plays hockey and baseball as well as rugby.
He is active in the Pictou County Senior Rugby Club back home in Nova Scotia.
