Tributes pour in for Du Plessis family after tragedy
Ardent messages of help and sympathies have poured in from the rugby world to Jannie du Plessis and his family after the death of his newborn child on Tuesday.
Previous Springbok prop Toks van der Linde shared the news via web-based media that Du Plessis' one-year-old child had died in a suffocating mishap. The misfortune happened on Du Plessis' 39th birthday celebration.
Van der Linde requested petitions for the Du Plessis family.
The Lions gave an assertion on the matter on Wednesday:
"We are profoundly disheartened by the fresh insight about Jannie and Ronel's misfortune. Our sincere sympathies to the family during this troublesome time. As it's a private matter, we will permit Jannie and his family the regard and space until further notice surprisingly terms with their misfortune."
The Sharks, with whom Du Plessis spent a huge piece of his rugby vocation, likewise gave an assertion via online media.
"The Sharks stretch out our most profound sympathies to Jannie, Ronel and the whole Du Plessis family on the unfortunate loss of his young child. Our considerations and petitions are with you during this troublesome time."
Du Plessis' previous Springbok and Sharks partner Tendai Mtawarira said his heart was broken by the information.
