French rugby has been hit by a tragedy.
The young talent Nicolas Chauvin is dead, after he broke his neck during søndages match for Stade Francais’ youth team against Bordeaux.
He was 19 years old.
It writes the BBC.
He was addressing taken to hospital, where he was urgently operated on in the neck. But due to lack of oxygen and a cardiac arrest, although the young rugbyspiller a brain injury and was on Wednesday declared dead at the hospital.
In an official press release, which the club has issued to the relatives, write:
’today is all of our thoughts with Nicolas’ family, as all members of the club send their deepest condolences’.
Chauvin is the other young player who loses life after a rugby match in this season.
In august collapsed the 21-year-old Louis Fajfrowski from Stade Aurillacois in the locker room, shortly after he had been tackled during a battle.
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