Returning from the ‘dead’ to play again

Jon Newcombe talks to Morgan MacRae, the Welsh hooker determined to resurrect his career
HAVING gone into cardiac arrest and having been resuscitated four times back in August, Wales 7s international Morgan MacRae is hoping a medical device will breathe new life into what was a hugely promising rugby career.
MacRae, who is just 22 years of age, was literally stopped dead in his tracks whilst in his sleep at his brother’s house in Wimbledon in August. Thankfully his girlfriend woke up beside him and used her knowledge of CPR to help keep him alive for six minutes until the paramedics arrived w...

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