By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
The Johannesburg Lions lost 31-14 to La Rochelle in the Champions Cup, the day after the death of their South African team-mate Hyron Andrews. The team paid tribute to the lock before the match, played in France, reports IOL.
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The South African Lions lost 31-14 to La Rochelle in the Champions Cup after paying tribute to their second-row forward Hyron Andrews, who died recently. Despite the defeat, the team produced a battling performance and left the French stadium to applause, IOL reports.
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Former Sale Sharks second-row player Hyron Andrews died at 31 after falling at the Lions’ hotel in Johannesburg. The South African Rugby Union described the death as an accident, while the club is due to pay tribute to the player during its match against La Rochelle, according to Punch.
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John Dobson, director of rugby at South Africa’s Stormers, paid tribute to Hyron Andrews, a former Lions lock who died in France aged 31. Teams observed a minute’s silence and the Stormers wore black armbands before their matches, IOL reports.
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An investigation has been opened in France after South African rugby player Hyron Andrews was found in cardiac arrest in a locked shower cubicle. The La Rochelle prosecutor’s office is examining the circumstances of the death on the Île de Ré, while accidental death remains a possibility, according to AFP.
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