Rugby league star reveals GRUESOME pictures of his surgery after having his arm SNAPPED in charity wrestling competition on live TV

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Former rugby league star Ben Ross shared pictures of his horror injury
Ross broke his arm during strength test with former star Wendell Sailor
Injury occurred during a weekly segment on Channel Nine' Footy Show
Ugly incident broadcast on live TV, with audience able to hear the snap
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

By Liam Quinn and Freya Noble for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 18:08 EST, 13 June 2015 | Updated: 18:08 EST, 13 June 2015

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Former rugby league star Ben Ross posted photos gruesome pictures of his fractured arm he received while arm wrestling on live TV.

The photos include an X-ray of a badly fractured upper arm bone, another of a metal plate with several screws, and a long, bloodied bandage.

'Finally got to see the fractures, plates, screws and scar that will be with me for life... Gotta take positives out of every negative,' he wrote on his Instagram page.

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Former rugby league star Ben Ross shared gruesome pictures of his arm injury, including n X-ray of a badly fractured upper arm bone, another of a metal plate with several screws, and a long, bloodied bandage

Another disgusting picture he shared was taken by his surgeon mid-surgery.

Ross has been recovering in a Sydney hospital since Thursday night, when his arm audibly broke during a charity arm wrestle with former NRL winger Wendell Sailor on Channel Nine's The Footy Show.

Graphic footage of the incident, which captured Ross screaming in pain from the injury, before host Paul Vautin cut to a commercial break, quickly went viral on social media.

The former prop also shared pictures of him recovering in his hospital bed.

Former NRL stars Ross (left) and Wendell Sailor (right) were arm wrestling as part of a weekly segment on the NRL Footy Show on Thursday night

Ross' arm was snapped in the wrong direction during the wrestle by Sailor

He screamed out in pain and shock as the hosts scrambled to cut to an ad break

'This is probably the most painful thing I've ever had,' Ross, who once broke his neck in an NRL game, told AAP before his surgery on Friday morning.

He later added: 'it was a complete accident and we were doing it for a great cause and trying to get awareness for people and if you said it was going to happen again, I'd still do it.'

Ross told Nine News that he was 'feeling good' and was overwhelmed with the amount of support he had received.

The moment Ben Ross's arm snaps in an arm wrestle gone wrong

Sailor was clearly distraught an the injury he had inflicted (left) and Ross squirmed in pain (right)

Ben Ross is pictured recovering in hospital after the nasty accident

'A lot of morphine has gone into my body over the last 12 hours,' he said before recounting what happened.

'I heard a snap and I didn't know what had happened and when I looked up I saw my arm was at a different level and then I looked at Wendell's face and I knew something was wrong.'

Ross described the injury as the worst pain he's ever felt.