RIP Lance Thompson

[tumbidragon]

Top player who never let his mates down on the field. Shattered for his young daughter.

 

[Meth]

 

[Sphagnum]

RIP big red. Condolences to his family and friends. Sad day for the rugby league community.

 

[___]

RIP Big Red

 

[The Vaulting Violinist]

RIP Lance

 

[thorson1987]

Rare likable Dragon.

Gave NRL fans plenty of great memories.


RIP champ.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Too young, too sad.

 

[gregstar]

when thinking of thompson i always think of 1996.

18 year old rookie with tremendous passion & desire to give it his all.

 

[Desert Qlder]

That's terrible news. Seemed like a great guy.

 

[MilkShark]

RIP Lance, good bloke!

 

[OzDragon]

Dragons legend and all round great guy. Will be sorely missed.

 

[moffla]

RIP Lance

A couple of posts in here are mentioning lifeline etc which is great to see - but it suggests suicide which police have apparently ruled out.

Absolutely shocked at this news. Hope his family and friends have the support they need

 

[Vic Mackey]

Police have said it was a medical episode, not suicide

That f*#kwit the Mole went off early, god I hate the media, seriously that should be a chargeable offence

RIP Thommo

 

[King hit]

Horrible news very sad. Not a Dragons fan but he was one of my favourite players.

 

[Danish]

Absolutely tragic news.

Even at peak dragons hatred when those pricks just kept on beating us, you could never hate Lance.

Reports seem mixed as to how it happened, initially reported as potential suicide but now they are saying no evidence of self harm but instead some sort of medical episode?? Immaterial in the end I suppose.

Thoughts with his family and especially his poor daughter who discovered him

 

[PARRA_FAN]

So sad. So young. I'm in shock.

My thoughts go out to his family.

I remember him being a tough red headed player at the Dragons and Sharks.

 

[moffla]

Police have said it was a medical episode, not suicide

That f*#kwit the Mole went off early, god I hate the media, seriously that should be a chargeable offence

RIP Thommo

Yeah I noticed that too. Moley ran with assumption now a large chunk of Twitter believe it was suicide

Really poor form

 

[Generalzod]

Police have said it was a medical episode, not suicide

That f*#kwit the Mole went off early, god I hate the media, seriously that should be a chargeable offence

RIP Thommo

St George and Sutherland Shire Leader:

Former Dragons and Sharks rugby league star Lance Thompson has been found dead at his Cronulla unit.

Police and paramedics were called to his home last night.

A report is being prepared for the coroner, but police say there were no suspicious circumstances or evidence of self harm.

Thompson was 40.

The flame-haired Thompson developed a cult following in 11 seasons with St George and St George Illawarra before finishing his NRL career with three seasons with the Sharks.

He played 201 games for the Dragons and retired in 2008 having won five NSW City jumpers.

He made his debut as a teenager for St George in 1995, he played in the grand final the following year, as well as St George Illawarra's dramatic loss to Melbourne in the 1999 decider.

He played 201 games in the red and white before departing for Cronulla and played three seasons at the Sharks before retiring in 2008.

https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5604786/lance-thompson-dead-at-40/?cs=1507

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

One of the really good guys in Rugby League. Taken too soon.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

RIP Lance

A couple of posts in here are mentioning lifeline etc which is great to see - but it suggests suicide which police have apparently ruled out.

Absolutely shocked at this news. Hope his family and friends have the support they need

Thanks for the clarification. Still, I'll always encourage people to reach out for help