Urgent caution to British youths after New Zealand lad dies in rival ‘rugby collision’ problem ‘promoted via stars’

British kids had been warned no longer to participate in a perilous development after it resulted in the tragic dying of a New Zealand teen.

Ryan Satterthwaite, 19, died on Monday evening after his circle of relatives was once compelled to show his lifestyles make stronger off. 

The guy, from Palmerston North within the central North Island, had suffered critical head accidents whilst taking part in the make-shift sport with buddies on Sunday. 

Ryan was once rushed to clinic via his pals after he ‘began going downhill’. He tragically by no means aroused from sleep once more.  

The rugby-style tackling sport has grow to be widespread on-line in fresh months however with fatal penalties. 

In the fit, two avid gamers fee head first in opposition to every different over a 65-foot ‘battlefield’ with none protecting apparatus or equipment.

It has grow to be a social media sensation, with organisers touting it as ‘the sector’s fiercest new fight game’. 

The intention of the sport comes to one participant looking to take on and take a rugby ball that their opponent is retaining. 

Ryan Satterthwaite, 19, (pictured) from New Zealand died after struggling a major head harm in a sport impressed via the debatable ‘Run It Straight’ development

But the damaging sport has been championed via former England rugby participant George Burgess, 33 who received £9,500 after competing in a match in Australia (pictured in 2024)

The laws of the debatable sport state: ‘Victory belongs tot he person who dominates the collision.’

Ryan had taken phase within the full-contact collision sport – impressed via the debatable ‘Run It Straight’ development – on Sunday afternoon and died tomorrow. 

Manawatū Police Inspector Ross Grantham showed the younger guy was once taking part in an impromptu take on sport with pals when the harm took place.

The sport has been championed via former England rugby participant George Burgess, 33 who received £9,500 after competing in a match in Australia, in line with The Mirror. 

Burgess who performed his remaining sport within the NRL for St George Illawarra 3 years in the past and received 15 caps for England between 2013 and 2018, squared off towards large former winger, Nadolo, who stands at a towering 195cm and weighs roughly 136kg.

Nadolo, who was once born in Fiji, was once capped 30 occasions for his house nation, scoring a whopping 206 issues and was once famend for his physicality.

Neuroscientist Dr Helen Murray has referred to as the sport unacceptably dangerous.

‘There is obviously a prime chance of head harm on this tournament. There’s no try to scale back head acceleration, so I don’t make stronger it,’ she informed the NZ Herald.

Professor Patria Hume, a professional in sports activities science and harm prevention, mentioned the game is ‘a step backwards’.

‘This is a reckless and threatening spectacle,’ she mentioned.

Manawatū Police Inspector Ross Grantham showed the younger guy was once taking part in an impromptu take on sport with pals when the harm took place and he could not be stored

‘The science is obvious – repeated head affects build up chance of long-term mind injury.’

Run It Straight’s founder, Christian Lesa, mentioned neighborhood make stronger stays robust in spite of backlash and said the sport must simplest be performed beneath strict prerequisites. 

Sports big name Burgess defended the concept that, calling it a protected simulation of previous fight.

Event spokesperson Billy Coffey mentioned organised competitions contain waivers, pre- and post-medicals, and on-site ambulances.

He claimed it offers former athletes an opportunity to ‘get off the sofa’ and reconnect with their aggressive spirit.