Another one bites the dust - Cwmllynfell rugby player Alex Evans dies during match

A rugby player has died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match.

Alex Evans was playing for Cwmllynfell RFC at their home ground of Parc y Bryn in Neath Port Talbot on Saturday afternoon.

The match against Crynant was being played in the memory of a club stalwart who died earlier this year.

In a social media post, the club said of the 31-year-old flanker: "We have lost a brother on the field and it is hurting so much."

Cwmllynfell RFC's secretary said Mr Evans felt unwell during the game and left the field, later collapsing. Attempts were made to revive him with an on-site defibrillator, but he died at the scene.

He leaves his partner and a young daughter.

Messages of sympathy have been posted from numerous clubs, as well as the Welsh Rugby Union and World Rugby.


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