Gareth Jones dies after injuring neck in club match

[GIGS20]

Vale Gareth Jones

[Burgs]

RIP champ, you'll be in good company up there!

[AndyS]

I doesn't looks like anything, yet that is the result...your heart has to go out to his family, but also to Darren Ryan as I suspect he'll have more than a few sleepless nights over it too.

[lara93]

yeah

[prop53]

RIP always sad to hear these things in our beloved game.

[hertryk]

Gareth Jones dies after injuring neck in club match
17th June 2008, 11:30 WST

Neath scrumhalf Gareth Jones died in hospital on Monday after injuring his neck in a Premier Division match against Cardiff in April, the Welsh club said in a statement.

Jones, 28, is survived by his wife and two children.

“It is with deep regret that Neath Rugby have to announce that scrumhalf Gareth Jones passed away peacefully this afternoon,” the Welsh league champion said.

“Thoughts are with Gareth and the young family he left behind.”

Medical staff treated Jones on the pitch for around 10 minutes during the Cardiff-Neath match on April 20 and he was then transferred to hospital, where scans revealed a significant injury to his neck, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported.

Jones had been in intensive care at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff since the incident, where he underwent surgery for his injuries and medical complications.

Cardiff centre Darren Ryan was cited over the action in which Jones was injured but the Welsh Rugby Union cleared him of reckless play.

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A very sad loss and all our very wishes to his family and friends. What a waste!

[hertryk]

RIP what a waste...