Shane Christie reacts following his game for the Tasman Makos in Nelson, New Zealand, Oct. 18, 2014. (Alden Williams/Stuff via AP) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A leading New Zealand rugby player who ...
New Zealand rugby player, Kath Wharton, 41, died after being found unresponsive on Nov. 21, 2024 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.
A leading New Zealand rugby player who had advocated for closer study of the connections between concussion and long-term brain injury has died at the age of 39. Police were called early Wednesday ...