alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 17, 2018 Joe Whittaker, a former Warrington Wolves player whose career was cut short by injuries, has died. He was 87. http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/16358866.former-warrington-wolves-forward-joe-whittaker-has-died/?ref=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted July 23, 2018 Former Welsh "flanker" (?) Haydn Morgan dead at 81: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/44931152 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted August 23, 2018 Lance Thompson, a long-time Aussie Rules Football great for St George Illawarra and Cronulla, has died. He was 40. https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-great-lance-thompson-dead/news-story/2c141b0ce101f7ea94fe73ea586eab0b Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,526 Posted October 31, 2018 On 21/06/2017 at 19:54, charon said: Doddie Weir has MND and will be wheelchair bound afore too long apparently... Interview with Doddie Weir here. Says he was diagnosed in December 2016 and has "a year left if I'm lucky". Which really goes against the usual DDP ALS thinking: either they die in the first two years or after five. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 31, 2018 6 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Interview with Doddie Weir here. Says he was diagnosed in December 2016 and has "a year left if I'm lucky". Which really goes against the usual DDP ALS thinking: either they die in the first two years or after five. Yeah I listened to him on the radio the other day - still able to tie his shoelaces and he had no problems talking - I took him off my list of possibles for next year and marked as 'Look for Updates October 2019'. But 'a year left if I'm lucky' puts him back on the possibles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 19, 2018 John Mantle, who played rugby league for St Helens, Great Britain and Wales after making two appearances for Wales at rugby union, has died. He was 76. https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/46263960 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 30, 2018 Explains Spade's Advent selection.... Former South Africa hooker Naka Drotske has been shot in a suspected home invasion close to Pretoria and is in intensive care. Drotske was reportedly visiting family with business partner Os du Randt, another ex-international, at Roodeplaat Dam when four armed men attacked the property last night. According to local reports, the 47 year-old was shot three times in the shoulder and the abdomen while trying to protect other family members. Anyone know Spade's whereabouts the past 24? SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 3, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 11:33, Sir Creep said: Explains Spade's Advent selection.... Former South Africa hooker Naka Drotske has been shot in a suspected home invasion close to Pretoria and is in intensive care. Drotske was reportedly visiting family with business partner Os du Randt, another ex-international, at Roodeplaat Dam when four armed men attacked the property last night. According to local reports, the 47 year-old was shot three times in the shoulder and the abdomen while trying to protect other family members. Anyone know Spade's whereabouts the past 24? SC Bad news for Sapde Naka Drotské, who was shot during a home invasion last Thursday, should be released from hospital later this week. On Sunday afternoon the Drotské family announced that he had shown further signs of improvement and was sitting up. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted December 3, 2018 11 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Bad news for Sapde You mean Sapde Coloey? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 3, 2018 9 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: You mean Sapde Coloey? All that typing zapde the energy outta me 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted December 3, 2018 6 hours ago, Grim Up North said: You mean Sapde Coloey? Meh, I hoped that name would have stayed hidden. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 7, 2018 Former Sud African rugby boy Barend Britz beaten to death in the bar he bought after retirement in Perpignan. Big cunt. Even at 63 it must've been a right hard bastard to kill him. https://www.rugbypass.com/news/former-lions-and-bulls-lock-beaten-to-death-in-france/ Barend Britz? Sounds like LFN propping up the bar in Spain after a hard shift at the local Flamenco competition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 6, 2019 Former Bok captain Johan Claassen dead aged 89. https://rugby365.com/countries/south-africa/a-springbok-great-has-died Nice the article gives us the oldest Bok alive , Des van Jaarsveld....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 27, 2019 Faiva Tagatauli, 27, died on Thursday, four days after sustaining the injury while playing for the Vaimoso Rugby Club against Vailele at Tuana’imato near the Samoa capital Apia on Saturday. Tagatauli was replaced after feeling unwell about 10 minutes from the end of the match. He collapsed on the sideline and was taken to the Samoa National Hospital where he died on Thursday morning. Samoa Rugby Union chief executive Faleomavaega Vincent Fepulea’i said this was a “wakeup call” to all involved in rugby in Samoa. All except Tagatauli. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted February 1, 2019 Scott Dureau, an Australian rugby player, has brain cancer: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/47088992 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 12, 2019 Austin Rhodes, a Great Britain World Cup winner, has died. He was 81. https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/17427039.saints-world-cup-winner-austin-rhodes-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted February 12, 2019 Jan Webster & Bill Gittings Webster had the finest sports shop in Walsall a teenage boy could ever wish for. https://www.englandrugby.com/news/tribute-two-former-england-scrum-halves/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted May 8, 2019 Former French captain Michel Crauste has died aged 84. He was the first French player to score three tries in a test, but is perhaps better remembered for being set upon by a lady in a fur coat (Hilda Madsen, who was escorted back to her seat) after she deemed his play a little too violent, during a tour match versus South Canterbury (which finished 17-14 to the local side). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted May 9, 2019 Micky Steele-Bodger dead at 93 years, he won 9 caps for England: https://www.englandrugby.com/news/former-rfu-president-steele-bodger-dies/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted June 14, 2019 Former All blacks captain Sir Brian Lochore diagnosed with bowel cancer: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2019/06/rugby-sir-brian-lochore-diagnosed-with-bowel-cancer.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted July 2, 2019 Doddie Weir gets OBE from Queen Doesn't look or sound too bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted July 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Grim Up North said: Doddie Weir gets OBE from Queen Doesn't look or sound too bad. Wait...did you see his fucking suit? Couldn't have been louder if it was Niki.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,526 Posted July 10, 2019 Could have sworn we had a list of dead Rugby World Cup winners around here somewhere. Anyway, add another to the list: James Small, part of the Mandela-inspired 95 Sifrican winners, dead at 50. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,465 Posted July 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Spade_Cooley said: Could have sworn we had a list of dead Rugby World Cup winners around here somewhere. Anyway, add another to the list: James Small, part of the Mandela-inspired 95 Sifrican winners, dead at 50. You came up with one for me back in 2017 when Joost was doing Deathbed Live updates... Found it, can probably be updated and moved to a non-dead thread tbh... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,526 Posted July 10, 2019 I'll let someone who's a fan of the egg-chasing update it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
