Sean Wainui: death of New Zealand rugby player treated as a suspected suicide

Coroner investigating after the Chiefs, Bay of Plenty and Māori All Blacks player died in a car crash
Sean Wainui: death of New Zealand rugby player treated as a suspected suicide

Sean Wainui 

The death of New Zealand rugby union player Sean Wainui is being treated as a suspected suicide, according to a coroner.

The 25-year-old, who played for Super Rugby team the Chiefs, Bay of Plenty and the Māori All Blacks, died in a car crash at McLaren Falls Park in the Bay of Plenty on 18 October.

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