Terrible news, Lance Thompson passes away overnight

[ouryears]

Awful news this morning, Lance Thompson passed away overnight.
Lance played 201 games for us during 1995-2005 and was a great hard but fair player.
Only 40 years of age.

He was a favourite amongst a huge majority of our fans, played second row, occasionally front row.
One of my very favourite players, a work horse, rugged, tough and a great team man.
A Hurstville United junior.

RIP Lance. You will be missed very much champion.

 

[Willie Ray]

RIP Lance.

 

[coastiedragon]

What a champion dragon
RIP

 

[Old Kogarah Boy 1]

Wow, how did this happen?
Sickness?
Accident?

Lance was an old fashion hard hitting forward, from which other players like James Graham have obviously moulded themselves from.

To quote Jack Gibson - Done good, played strong.

Thanks for the memories, Lance.

 

[Old Kogarah Boy 1]

 

[ouryears]

Wow, how did this happen?
Sickness?
Accident?

Lance was an old fashion hard hitting forward, from which other players like James Graham have obviously Moulded themselves from.

To quote Jack Gibson - Done good, played strong.

Thanks for the memories, Lance.

Just on Macquarie sports 2GB now, Piggy Ridell is hugely upset, it’s a sad morning.
It happened during the night.........
Police saying no sign of self harm and possibly a medical episode.
He was a lovely person, I met him a few times at the food eateries he owned.

 

[stryker]

Lance was a favourite among many RL fans as he was a tough nut who tried hard. Dependable player you could count on to turn up when needed. Its a real shame to hear he ended his own life. Condolences to all.

 

[Old Kogarah Boy 1]

Just on Macquarie sports 2GB now, Piggy Ridell is hugely upset, it’s a sad morning.
It happened during the night.........
Police saying no sign of self harm and possibly a medical episode.
He was a lovely person, I met him a few times at the food eateries he owned.

Thank mate for the update.
I’ve just edited my post.

 

[Smack]

RIP he was such a nice bloke

how f**king sad

 

[Warabrook saint]

Shocking news....very sad day

 

[Richard Gay Was God]

Ahh Thommo me old mate that’s f**ked. Known you since we played footy against each other in Under 7s. Was planning to catch up tomorrow if you were at the Golf course for lunch as was flying down today for the weekend. Love ya mate

 

[TruSaint]

Terrible news... RIP Thommo ..

 

[Old Kogarah Boy 1]

Our thoughts must go out to his daughter, his pride & joy.


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Some news snippets .................


Breaking: Sad news former NRL star Lance Thompson has been found dead by his 17yo daughter at his Cronulla unit.. cause of death unknown yet but police say not suspicious .. @TenNewsSydney @tendailyau more details to follow.

The former NRL had struggled with life after footy.
Former NRL star Lance Thompson was found dead in his Cronulla unit over night.

Police were called at approximately 9pm when there was concern for Thompson’s welfare.


Police and paramedics were called to a unit in Kingsway at around 9pm on Thursday evening after his 17-year-old daughter found his body.

The 40-year-old Thompson had been running a restaurant inside the Woolooware Gold club in the Sutherland Shire and only recently in an interview said he was “loving it, loving life, loving the people around me, loving playing golf so it’s a good thing to be around after footy”.

 

[jeffdragon]

Very sad .
Was a good player and a good bloke.

 

[Dragons4me]

Terribly sad news. Great player. Never actually met him but enjoyed watching him play. So sad for his family and particularly for his daughter.

 

[Life's Good]

Time & time again he would spark our attack with a run & offload or save a try with a great around the legs tackle.
My thoughts are with those left behind.
RIP big red. Thanks for the memories.

 

[Saints Forever]

tragic news, simply gutted.

RIP Lance, rest in peace.

 

[st penguin]

I remember him being interviewed after a game (probably man of the match). By the time it finished all the players were heading back into the shed. But before he went in he sprinted to the eastern side of the field to applaud the dragon army.

Many players talk of supporting teams as a kid. But I always got the impression that if he didn’t have the skills to play footy, he would have been up on that hill in the dragon army.

 

[muzby]

Sad news, a great guy who invested so much passion into the club & the game..

Hits hard to Dragons fans of all ages..

Obviously conflicting reports as it’s developing news, but if it was depression releated, you only need to see the outpouring of grief around the country to see that no matter how dark it is in your own mind, people outsidedo care..

If you’re not okay, tell someone.

 

[MilanDragon]

RIP Lance.

Very sad news and probably like most, in absolute shock.

He was one of the first players I remember watching with the Dragons. Was most likely the red hair that stood out.