Category: Rugby Player

Famed Australian Olympian and Rugby Player Dies Suddenly at 35

Australian rugby player and bobsledder Simon Dunn has died suddenly at 35 years of age, officials have confirmed. Dunn, reportedly the first openly gay man to represent any country in bobsleighing, was found dead in his Sydney apartment on Jan. 21, New South Wales (NSW) Police confirmed. The circumstances surrounding his death are not being treated as suspicious, according to police….


BC Mudslide Victim Identified as Rugby Player Originally From Calgary

CALGARY—Last Monday, as flooding and mudslides ravaged British Columbia, Dean Hopkins got a distraught call from his close friend’s wife, saying her husband was missing. That phone call kicked off several stress−filled days for Hopkins, which ended in tragedy when his old rugby buddy Steven Taylor was confirmed dead. Taylor moved to B.C. from Calgary…