The magnitude of the accident that led to Shawn Mackay's death in a Durban hospital on Monday cannot be forgotten, according to Greg Growden in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Tributes will be paid to the Brumbies' Shawn Mackay who died this week
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"The strength and resolve of this still-young rugby organisation has been tested repeatedly. Its underbelly has rarely been more exposed than when the senior players were offside with their coach, David Nucifora, in 2004, yet somehow the players banded together to win the Super title. There have been other issues that have caused emotions to run high, particularly the Cape Town taxi scandal of nine years ago, when a number of senior players were accused of trashing a local cab.
"But nothing in the Brumbies' short, dramatic past can compare with the heartache and despair that they have suffered the past week following the death of popular squad member Shawn Mackay."
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