TOKYO - Japan Rugby League One announced Saturday that Saimoni Vunilagi, a Fijian-born forward for second-division club Kyuden Voltex, died after being hospitalized with symptoms of heatstroke.
The 26-year-old died Friday at a hospital in Fukuoka, where the team is based, having fallen ill four days earlier following training.
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