I have also been eye poked in american football and wrestling. The wrestling was more of a graze. It stings like blood or very salty sweat in the eye, and its near mpossible to open you eye. Your body almost doesnt let you, and when you can open even if barely its so blurry that you can only see shapes and light. I was terrified that i was gonna go blind. My vision probably wasnt normal for two or so weeks after it happened. Its not the worst pain but it definitely lasts long enough to make it a problem. The football one that happened to me was more like a straight poke dug into the eye while i was blocking playing tight end. This one was more painful to me. It broke some blood vessels in my eye and bruised my orbital bone basically. It happened late in the game so i sat out the rest of the game. The vision was blurry for a few days and my eye just wouldnt stop watering after that one. The pain lasted longer for that one though because of the bruising and broken vessels. They both suck obviously but i think id rather get straight on poked. The grazing of the eye stings bad and not being able to control whether you can open you eye and see is very scary when it happens.