Rugby player found dead at Lions team hotel before Champions Cup game against La Rochelle

The Guardian

South African side due to play on Saturday Player understood to have suffered a cardiac arrest A member of the Lions squad has been found dead in the team’s hotel on the eve of the South African side’s Champions Cup game against La Rochelle. The player is understood to have been found unconscious in the shower having reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest. The so far unnamed player could not be revived by emergency services after the alarm was raised at the Atalante-Relais Thalasso hotel on the Île de Ré. Lions players and staff have been informed and are said to be receiving support.