In the last few hours, news was known that shocked all of Argentine rugby. Former La Plata Rugby Club player Pablo Sciarretta, 45, was found dead this Tuesday morning at the club’s facilities.
According to several sources consulted Infobaethe researchers believe that the victim reportedly suffered cardiac arrest while exercising in the property that the institution has in the Gonnet area, between 495 and 16. His body was found in the area of the club’s hockey field, according to the first police surveys that clarified that the indications warn that it was a death by ” natural causes”.
The player was last seen on Monday night. Sciarretta would have stopped by the club’s gym and went for a run around the facilities. After several hours without knowing his whereabouts, he began his search that ended when his body was found without vital signs on Tuesday morning. At the moment, La Plata Rugby Club has not issued any statement about the death of the club’s member and former player, who had his last professional presentations in 2018 before starting a journey as a coach.
Pablo had two children who participated in the minor categories of La Plata Rugby. In addition, he was in charge of the M-11 division, where one of his sons played. Last year, The Sciarretta family suffered a heavy loss: Marcos, the eldest of six siblings, died of coronavirus in the middle of the pandemic.
One of the first clubs to show solidarity after hearing the news of the death was the San Isidro Clubwho through his social networks said: “Deep sadness for Pablo. We accompany his family, his friends and all @laplatarugby in this moment of pain. RIP”. He also expressed his condolences Albatros Rugby Club.
“A big hug to Augusto Sciarretta and his entire family at this difficult time. My deepest condolences to all his friends and to the members of La Plata Rugby”, the Mayor of the city, Julio Garro, expressed on his social networks.
In a note with the diary The day in the prelude to the final of the URBA Top 14 in which his club faced the SIC in 2010, Pablo, who was called The gladiator, gave details of the meaning that the club has for his entire family, a native of Gonnet. “We are fans, trained inside. Images of children, youth come to mind, they are things that excite me. The coaches I had, the training as a player and more than anything as a person”, said Pablo.
Thanks to his good performance in rugby in Buenos Aires in the late 90s, He had the chance to go to Europe to play: he moved to Italy and played for several seasons at Parma. After his retirement, in 2018, he joined the Pumas Classica category in which he met with historical figures from the Argentine men’s rugby team such as Chapa Branca, Fabián Turnes and Lucas Borges, among many others.
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