EC rugby player dies after collapsing on pitch

It was a home game for the All Blacks which ended in tragedy yesterday when their scrumhalf, Claude Booysen, collapsed as he was about to kick a conversion 10 minutes from time. 

The game was immediately called off. 

Club representative, Hendrik Goeda, said that Booysen was rushed by ambulance to hospital, but was declared dead on arrival. 

It is suspected that he suffered a heart attack, but the official cause of death is still being awaited. 

Goeda said everyone was in shock as Booysen was a senior player who had been involved in the club for the past 20 years since he was a young boy.

Booysen, who was in his 30's, is survived by his wife and two young children.  

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