Rugby star died from heart attack in Italian hotel room while ‘beating up girlfriend’

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  1. Reading the article, I’m sorry to hear the guy had mental health issues, and this holiday was meant to be therapeutic, but dying from a heart attack after hospitalising your partner in a drink and drugs fuelled rage does feel like a bit of instant karma.

  2. I wonder if there was a pattern of this behaviour or if the combination of two dangerous substances triggered this appalling assault.

    Edit: really odd how discussion of why things happen is so often downvoted here

  3. His death saved her life.

    I hope the people who seemed to want to believe the hideous “sex game gone wrong” theory from certain segments of the Italian media feel ashamed of themselves.

    Kinda weird how some people think that someone being beaten half to death willingly for sex reasons is more likely than a man trying to kill his girlfriend.

  4. Woah, I had a fight (didn’t win) with this knobhead about 18 years ago in a bar called walkabout on king st when he played for Wigan RU.
    He and his knobhead team mates made disgusting comments at my girlfriend (now wife) so I burst his lip.

    Can’t say I’m sad he’s dead.

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