Ed Slater diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND)

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Ed Slater diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND)

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terribly sad news announced by Gloucester - I'm sure all at Tigers will want to support this great guy and his family
https://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/news/ ... -ed-slater
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Awful news
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Devastating, Ed put in a great shift at Tigers and is a proper gent of a bloke. :smt009
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Devastating news.
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Terrible news 🙏
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Not the news was expecting - devastating. Puts rugby into another perspective on days like this.

While Ed, his family and the Club take time to determine next steps, Gloucester Rugby have opened a JustGiving page. The direction of these funds will be determined in due course, whether it be supporting Ed and his family directly and/or a selected MND charity.

To donate visit:
https://justgiving.com/crowdfunding/gloucesterrugby-4ed
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😔 Really sad news.
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Terrible news - feel for Ed and his family.
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Devastating news so sorry for Ed and his young family.

3rd high profile rugby player to be diagnosed with this dreadful disease to my knowledge. Do we know if there is any correlation between these 2 things or just a tragic coincidence
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That is very very sad news.

Such a great guy.
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It’s just awful.
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Rugbygramps wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:22 pm Devastating news so sorry for Ed and his young family.

3rd high profile rugby player to be diagnosed with this dreadful disease to my knowledge. Do we know if there is any correlation between these 2 things or just a tragic coincidence
Believe 6th or 7th. Joost, Doddie, Ed, Romanian scrum half Petre Mitu, Tinus Linee from South Africa plus famously Jarrod Cunningham from London Irish.

Expected rate is estimated to be 2 in 100,000 over a lifetime.
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All the best to Ed and his family.
Always loved watching Ed play for us( and Gloucester when not against us!).
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Sad news, lets hope there's some treatment coming along.
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sk 88 wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:45 pm
Rugbygramps wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:22 pm Devastating news so sorry for Ed and his young family.

3rd high profile rugby player to be diagnosed with this dreadful disease to my knowledge. Do we know if there is any correlation between these 2 things or just a tragic coincidence
Believe 6th or 7th. Joost, Doddie, Ed, Romanian scrum half Petre Mitu, Tinus Linee from South Africa plus famously Jarrod Cunningham from London Irish.

Expected rate is estimated to be 2 in 100,000 over a lifetime.
And Rob Burrow, of course. This is awful news.
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