Sam Potter. Image: Handout/PA An undergraduate student from Hersham in Surrey died after a university rugby club drinking game went tragically wrong, an inquest into his death has heard. Sam Potter from Hersham was 19 years old when he was found dead at a house in Gloucester by his rugby club teammates in the early hours of May 9, 2019. An inquest into his death at Gloucestershire Coroner s Court were told that toxicology tests found Sam had drunk a fatal level of alcohol after first and second year students at the University of Gloucestershire took part in initiation drinking game at the end of the rugby season on May 8.
Student, 19, died hours after downing lagers and rum in rugby drinking game at uni
University of Gloucestershire student, Sam Potter died from alcohol toxicity after taking part in a four-hour university rugby club initiation drinking game went wrong
Sam Potter died after a university rugby club initiation drinking game went tragically wrong. (Image: PA)
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