Christian Pese is on life support after suffering a stroke. Christian Pese, 18, suffered a stroke earlier this month while playing for the South Island in the NZRL National Under 20s tournament. The Otago University law student remains on life support at Christchurch hospital - where most of his immediate family have travelled to from Auckland. "It is being felt widely across our rugby league communities, who are all rallying behind Christian and his family during this time," Peters said. "Christian is a promising and valued young rugby league player with so much ahead of him - we wish him a strong and speedy recovery."

Source: New Zealand Herald March 23, 2021 19:52 UTC