Max Brito

FORMER Ivory Coast rugby star Max Brito has died at the age of 54, 27 years after being paralysed in a World Cup match.The ex-winger was paralysed fro.

FORMER Ivory Coast rugby star Max Brito has died at the age of 54, 27 years after being paralysed in a World Cup match. A statement from World Rugby read: "World Rugby is saddened to learn of the death of former Ivory Coast international Max Brito. Max Brito dead at 54: Ivory Coast rugby star passes away 27 years after being paralysed in World Cup horror injury

Tributes are flowing after the death of Max Brito, the Ivory Coast wing paralysed in a ruck at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa who was once ...

“Given the closeness we had with the Ivorians, we were particularly sensitive to this tragedy. Despite his accident, he had plenty of plans, courage...” "The accident was very violent. He told France’s Le Monde newspaper in 2007 that his accident was like “everything had become unplugged in my body. Lomu – the breakthrough star of the 1995 World Cup – auctioned the All Blacks jersey he wore in the final to raise funds for Brito and his family. *

While Francois Pienaar and the Springboks raised the Webb Ellis Cup in 1995, a 27-year-old Ivorian, Max Brito, lay paralysed in hospital.

But studies are showing that statistically rugby is a safer game now than it was 10 years ago because of the attempts to make it safer.” DM I can’t live with it and it’s going to be with me for the rest of my life.” But most importantly, it’s for the safety of the players. “It’s also a reminder of all the people we have lost since 1995. You have to get on with it. “If one day I fall seriously ill, and if I have the strength and courage to take my own life, then I will do it.

Max Brito, who was left a tetraplegic during his country Ivory Coast's 1995 Rugby World Cup pool match with Tonga, has died aged 54, his family announced on ...

"The accident was very violent. I can't live with it and it's going to be with me for the rest of my life." It kills me and I will never accept it.

RUGBY Hit in the vertebrae following a tackle during the World Cup in 1995, former Ivorian rugby player Max Brito died Monday evening.

In 1995, when he was 27, the selection of Côte d’Ivoire called him to play in the World Cup in South Africa, replacing his older brother, victim pubalgia. Max has been accompanied with dignity and without suffering in his last journey.” It’s in this press release, published on the Biscarrosse Olympique rugby site, which Max Brito's family announced; the death of the former rugby player, who had three selections with his country. “The Brito family, their children Mike and Anthony, are saddened to inform you of the death of Max Brito, which occurred on Monday, December 19th at 19:00.

RUGBY Hit in the vertebrae following a tackle during the World Cup in 1995, former Ivorian rugby player Max Brito died Monday evening.

In 1995, when he was 27, the selection of Côte d’Ivoire called him to play in the World Cup in South Africa, replacing his older brother, victim pubalgia. Max has been accompanied with dignity and without suffering in his last journey.” It’s in this press release, published on the Biscarrosse Olympique rugby site, which Max Brito's family announced; the death of the former rugby player, who had three selections with his country. “The Brito family, their children Mike and Anthony, are saddened to inform you of the death of Max Brito, which occurred on Monday, December 19th at 19:00.