charon 4,943 Posted October 2, 2017 Ian Smith. Another All Black, lives up to his nickname 'spooky' aged 76. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11928551 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebless 203 Posted October 21, 2017 St Helens legend and former South Africa international Tom Van Vollenhoven nicknamed 'The Flying Springbok' has died aged 82. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41709906 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted October 27, 2017 UK rugby coach and player Tommy Smales has died at 83 from prostate cancer: http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/former-rugby-coach-and-player-passes-away-1-8827930 It's this Tommy Smales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smales Not this rugby player, also named Tommy Smales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Smales Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted December 6, 2017 Egg-chasing legend Graeme Langlands makes a pitch for your 2018 outfits: "too unwell" to attend a hearing relating to allegations of noncing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted December 22, 2017 Stan Pilecki, Australian rugby player with 18 caps for Australia between 1978 and 1984, has died aged 70. Edit: Daily Mail obituary. Ken Catchpole, Australian rugby player with 27 caps for Australia between 1961 and 1968, has died aged 78. Edit: Daily Mail, Guardian, The Times obituaries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted December 23, 2017 John Atkinson, English rugby player with 12 caps for England between 1968 and 1978 and 26 caps for Great Britain between 1968 and 1980, has died aged 71. He played at the 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1975 Rugby League World Cups. Edit: BBC obituary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted January 8, 2018 Kato Ottio, Papua New Guinean rugby player with 6 caps for Papua New Guinea between 2015 and 2017, has died aged 23. He played at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Edit: Daily Mirror, Daily Star, The Sun, BBC obituaries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted January 20, 2018 On 12/6/2017 at 05:05, Spade_Cooley said: Egg-chasing legend Graeme Langlands makes a pitch for your 2018 outfits: "too unwell" to attend a hearing relating to allegations of noncing. Dead. DDP Pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 21, 2018 On 12/6/2017 at 05:05, Spade_Cooley said: Egg-chasing legend Graeme Langlands makes a pitch for your 2018 outfits: "too unwell" to attend a hearing relating to allegations of noncing. And HERE is a truly asinine obit wherein he is called 'immortal'. Where was the editor? SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted January 29, 2018 W.P.C. "Phil" Davies, former Lions centre, died on 25 January. http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/cheltenham-born-harlequins-england-british-1124135 Waiting for national obit, and will be seriously annoyed if he doesn't get one, because he'll be a unique pick for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebless 203 Posted February 8, 2018 Former New Zealand lock Gary Seear dies aged 65 after a long cancer battle. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-5365847/All-Blacks-lock-Gary-Seear-dead-65.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted February 8, 2018 4 hours ago, ebless said: Former New Zealand lock Gary Seear dies aged 65 after a long cancer battle. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-5365847/All-Blacks-lock-Gary-Seear-dead-65.html Come on...where is the Kevin Carr indirect obit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted February 8, 2018 Just now, gcreptile said: Come on...where is the Kevin Carr indirect obit? Funnily enough, literally minutes before your post, I found out he got another UK non-QO - https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2018/02/08/he-was-my-all-time-hero---brother-pays-tribute-to-all-blacks-hero-from-the-black-country/ As I mentioned before, his case really does illustrate the obitability gap between Australia and NZ. Could you see someone from Australia with a life story like his not QOing? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,467 Posted February 12, 2018 Sir Nicholas Shehadie, aged 92. Australian union player in the 1940s, later a Mayor of Sydney and husband to the NSW Governor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted February 27, 2018 Steve Folkes, former rugby league player and coach who played with the Bulldogs has died aged 59 from a suspected heart attack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted March 20, 2018 7-Test All Black Dylan Mika dies at 45. Suspected heart attack: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/102449089/former-all-black-dylan-mika-dead-at-45 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 25, 2018 Bristol Rugby club announced second row Joe Batley has been diagnosed with a form of cancer. Batley is just 21 years old. He joined Bristol from Gloucester Rugby this summer and has made 11 appearance for the Greene King IPA Championship leaders. Following medical investigations it was confirmed by the club on Thursday the lock has Hodgkin Lymphoma. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted April 8, 2018 Keith Murdoch, former All-black, who was the first NZ player to be sent home from a tour (1972), after a fracas at a Cardiff hotel, died 30 March aged 74. He never played rugby again, leading a nomadic, somewhat reclusive, lifestyle eschewing media attention. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted April 8, 2018 1 minute ago, time said: Keith Murdoch, former All-black, who was the first NZ player to be sent home from a tour (1972), after a fracas at a Cardiff hotel, died 30 March aged 74. He never played rugby again, leading a nomadic, somewhat reclusive, lifestyle eschewing media attention. I was literally about to post the same story. What a curious tale. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 8, 2018 Read the obit from the Sydney Morning Herald this morning, mental stuff about saving the kid from drowning up to the murdered aborigine . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted May 2, 2018 Charlie Stone, a former Hull and England forward, dead at 67: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/43974936 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 13, 2018 Former Wales and British & Irish Lions rugby player Gareth Williams has died aged 63 after a battle with a rare nervous system disorder. The death of Williams, who had been suffering with multiple system atrophy since 2012, was confirmed by his former club Bridgend Ravens. Williams won five Wales caps between 1980 and 1982 and appeared on the Lions tour to South Africa in 1980. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted June 6, 2018 Britain's (now former) oldest rugby international, Harry Walker, dead at 103. Surprisingly never DDP picked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,045 Posted June 17, 2018 8 years ago today, the eponymous Andy Ripley died aged 62. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
