Rugby Player Dies in France Ahead of Match Between Johannesburg-Based Lions and La Rochelle
The Lions will play in his honour, and EPCR will hold a minute’s silence at every Champions Cup and Challenge Cup match this weekend.
- On Friday, a SOUTH AFRICAN rugby player for the Johannesburg Lions died at a hotel in France, found unresponsive before the Investec Champions Cup match against Rochelle.
- Emergency services arrived shortly after 10am Friday but could not revive the player; officials believe Saturday's Investec Champions Cup match will be cancelled.
- Local reports indicate the player was found in a shower cubicle locked from the inside, and the hotel confirmed to Ici that a psychological support unit was established for the Johannesburg Lions.
- According to the Irish Examiner, officials from the Johannesburg Lions confirmed the news to local authorities Friday morning, though the player's identity remains undisclosed pending family notification.
- This tragedy occurs 10 years to the day since the sudden death of Munster coach Anthony Foley, who passed away on the day of a match between his side and Racing in Paris.
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S.African rugby player dies in France ahead of Champions Cup game
A source close to the investigation said the 31-year-old lock was found in cardiac arrest in a shower cubicle that was locked from the inside. The public prosecutor in La Rochelle, western France, confirmed that an investigation had been opened to determine the cause of death, which occurred on the island of Ile de Re, and said that an accidental death was currently the leading line of inquiry. An autopsy is due to be carried out, the source clo…
The world of rugby is in mourning after the death of Hyron Andrews, player of the South African Lions band. The sportsman, about 30 years old, was found unconscious in a spa area of the hotel where the team was staying, on the Ré island of France. Tragedy occurred shortly before the game with Stade Rochelais, scheduled in the first stage of the Champions Cup.
Before the Champions Cup match against La Rochelle, Hyron Andrews dies at the age of 31 in the team hotel.
The world of rugby is in shock and mourning after the death of a player of the Lions of Johannesburg, who has been found lifeless in the shower of the hotel where his team was staying in France. The tragic event took place on Friday, October 16, one day ... Continue reading "They find a rugby player dead in the shower of their hotel the day before a match of Champions Cup"
Rugby pro Hyron Andrews died at the age of 31. He leaves wife and two sons.
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