Former Wigan, St Helens and Wakefield Trinity prop Ricky Bibey has died suddenly at the age of just 40.
Tributes have poured in for the popular forward who also had three spells with hometown Leigh Centurions and spent one season with Oldham. Bibey won the Challenge Cup with Wigan in 2002 and again with rivals Saints two years later.
Bibey was tragically found dead in an Italian hotel room yesterday. Police were called to the first floor of the Hotel Continentale in Florence at around 8am local time. A woman was also rushed to hospital with suspected serious injuries.
