Promising teen rugby player Uto Enosi Tuipulotu farewelled in AkaroaSUPPLIED Uto Tuipulotu on the charge during a rugby match. After the "huge congregation" at Akaroa Area School, Tuipulotu was interred at Le Bons Bay Cemetery. More than 650 people have farewelled a promising Canterbury rugby player who died of cancer. READ MORE: Promising rugby player battling cancerTuipulotu, who was originally from Tonga but moved to Canterbury to attend Akaroa Area School in 2012, started receiving chemotherapy treatment this month. Akaroa Area School principal Raymond Bygate said the death was "very sudden" and the community was saddened by the loss.

Source: Stuff July 20, 2016 07:30 UTC