The player has been named as father-of-one Arturas Rudys, who had a cardiac arrest during the game.
The girlfriend of a young father who died on the rugby pitch has launched a GoFundMe page to help support their child.following a tackle during the Eastern Counties First Division game against Diss on Saturday afternoon."We have been together four years, also we have a little child... He is only two years old," the page says."My partner just passed away in a rugby competition in Wisbech."I can't give up, I have to live and show the right path to our child.
A shirt pinned to a tree at the club bears the tribute: "Arturas our team mate, our brother, our 14 forever."David Dobson, secretary at Wisbech Rugby Club, said the club were supporting the player's family and working with the RFU but could not yet officially name the dead player or release their own tribute."We are grateful for the support of the local community and the wider rugby community and also for the expertise of the emergency services who came to help.
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