“I’m going to take it with me.” Named captain of Ireland for the first time, Bundee Aki was tasked with leading the poignant Irish tribute to the late Sean Wainui. At Waikato Stadium, before his side took on the Maori All Blacks, the Connacht centre broke from the Irish ranks, walked forward and laid down […]

4 years ago

At the end of such an gripping battle, a lovely show of respect. Back in October, New Zealand rugby player Sean Wainui died after he was involved in a single vehicle car crash in Tauranga. The Chiefs and Maori All Blacks star was only 25, and left behind a wife and child, as well as […]

4 years ago

Sean Wainui died in a car crash in October The death of a New Zealand rugby union player who died in a car crash in October is currently being treated as a suspected suicide, according to a coroner’s report. Sean Wainui, who was a representative of the Maori All Blacks, was found at McLaren Falls […]

4 years ago

‘Kia au tō moe’ Maori All Blacks and New Zealand Super Rugby star Sean Wainui has died in a car crash, aged just 25. The accident happened on Monday morning in Omanawa, near the city of Tauranga, in the early hours of the morning. Wainui was confirmed as the only person to have been in […]

4 years ago