Premium Content Subscriber only FORMER NRL player Ian Lacey recalls the anxiety he endured when a neck injury playing for the Ipswich Jets forced his retirement. It was during Lacey's 100th and final game for the club that his football career suddenly ended after a tackle in the 2013 Queensland Cup semi-final in Mackay. "I really felt the spinal cord move in my neck,'' Lacey said. "It was just an awkward tackle and my whole left side of my body went numb.'' The former Broncos hooker knew then and there it was time to hang up the boots. However, his forced retirement did little to diminish his passion for the game and eagerness to help the Indigenous community.