Lieutenant Samuel Scott died after receiving a head injury from a tackle in a rugby league match in 2014. Photo: NZ Herald / SuppliedA young soldier died after receiving a blunt-force head injury while playing in a "troop versus troop" rugby league match, the coroner has found. Lieutenant Samuel Andrew Scott died in the intensive care unit of Wellington Hospital on August 6, 2014. Coroner Carla na Nagara found Scott received the fatal head injury when he was "bunted or bumped" off a player he was tackling. Lt Scott was playing at centre and had already scored two tries before receiving the fatal head injury.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 20, 2016 04:18 UTC