A teenage Perth boy has died after suffering severe heatstroke during Monday's 44-degree scorcher.
The 15 year old collapsed and was taken to hospital on Monday.

Channel 9 reported this story tonight in Perth.
Their report has the boy playing rugby at Curtin Uni at 6.30pm Monday and said it was 34 degrees.
He was not hit playing rugby, nor unconscious, but suffered severely with the heat and taken to hospital.
Today he died.

But so long as the FFA and others can bury their heads in the sand, say they follow all the best practices, and so on.
YOU ARE WRONG.

(and by the way, our fixtures for Friday April 10 say we play at 7.45pm in Perth)

Edited by shanagar: 10/1/2015 12:15:47 AM

How sad, I agree something needs to be done before someone else dies

very very sad needs to be a no play temp set across Australia.

different sports have different guidlines sadly . One sport can be say 36 . Another 38 etc etc

Terrible news, and it happened only two hours before the Perth game in the same city on the same day.

It will happen in the A-League at present rate, if nothing is changed. Will the TV money be worth it?

RIP mate.

And work too ? What about banning people from being outside also? Is that what you want mein fuhrer

there is a set temp foe workers outside and its 36 .

Anti Union rant in 3, 2...

Without further details, it could be possible that we're comparing a half-fit amateur rugby prop of considerable 'bulk', versus full-time professional athletes.

Regardless, RIP.

lukerobinho is taking charge. A thread about a kid who has died and he brings up Hitler to try and score political points. All class.

RIP.

Edited by Draupnir: 10/1/2015 01:43:02 PM

He was a rep player, due to fly out to Sydney for a tournament a few days later, for what it's worth.

I've played Rugby in Melbourne in 40 degree heat, it was absolutely awful to the point that we needed a break every 10 minutes, Scrums kept collapsing under sheer exhaustion and players were still sick and struggling along the way. No sport is capable of being played well over 33 degrees and none should be played over 35imo.

Its dangerous for everyone . Sporting codes need to think of the consquences

those people who tell them to harden the f up , need to work outside or in a hot factory to actually know what it does to the body. Those in offices have got it easy