Twenty rugby players swept out to sea

One man drowned and five others are missing after 20 members of a rugby team were swept out to sea off south-eastern South Africa, a rescue official said today.

Twenty rugby players swept out to sea

One man drowned and five others are missing after 20 members of a rugby team were swept out to sea off south-eastern South Africa, a rescue official said today.

John Fletcher, co-ordinator for the Coastal Water Rescue Squad, said his volunteers were able to rescue 15 of the players near Port Elizabeth yesterday, but were unable to resuscitate one of them.

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