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‘I share your heartbreak’ ex-Manly coach Des Hasler tells inquest into death of Keith Titmuss

Former Manly Warringah Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler departs Lidcombe Coroners Court after giving evidence into the death of Manly player Keith Titmuss in 2020.
Former Manly Warringah Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler departs Lidcombe Coroners Court after giving evidence into the death of Manly player Keith Titmuss in 2020. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Former Manly NRL coach Des Hasler has told the family of late Sea Eagles player Keith Titmuss he’s “so, so sorry” their “beautiful boy” died during a 2020 training session and “I share your heartbreak, I really do.”

Evidence tendered at a coronial inquest heard the 20-year-old Titmuss died of exertional heat stroke after suffering a seizure following a preseason cardio workout overseen by Hasler at the club’s Narrabeen base on Sydney’s northern beaches, on November 23 2020.

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