Super Rugby star Sean Wainui, 25, dies in car accidentAP, WELLINGTONSean Wainui, a rising star of Super Rugby with the Hamilton, New Zealand-based Chiefs, died yesterday in an automobile accident. His death was confirmed by family members and by New Zealand Rugby, which said “one of New Zealand Rugby’s tallest Totara trees has fallen.”Wainui played 44 matches for the Chiefs from 2018. Sean Wainui of the New Zealand Maori kicks against Samoa in an international match in Wellington on June 26. Photo: AFPWainui scored five tries for the Chiefs against the New South Wales Waratahs in June, a Super Rugby record. “To you Sean, our Rangatira [chief], we farewell you to the outspread arms of the multitudes who await you beyond this earthly realm,” New Zealand Rugby said in a statement.

Source: Taipei Times January 01, 1970 00:00 UTC