Duncan Casey: Why the death of Jordan Michallet has hit me hard

Jordan Michallet's death is a stark reminder that none of us are immune to the mental torment that can set in and drive you to the point of no return. Even the people that seem to have it made often do not, and it would do no harm for us all to remember that sometimes.

Players from Provence and Colomiers pay tribute to Jordan Michallet before last week’s game at Stade Maurice David. 
Image via @rugbyprod2 Twitt

The vast majority of Irish rugby fans would have settled in to watch the weekend’s excitement unaware of the tragedy that struck French rugby last Tuesday. 

Jordan Michallet, the starting out-half for Rouen in France’s ProD2 league, had taken his own life at 29 years of age.