The family of a 20-year-old university rugby player say she died after picking up an infection while being treated in hospital for a match injury.
Maddy Lawrence died on Friday, March 25, more than two weeks after being taken to hospital after being hurt while playing for UWE Bristol women's second team against the University of Bristol on March 7. In a statement released by the university on behalf of the family, they say their beloved daughter's injury was not life-threatening but she died with a bacterial infection and underwent "life-saving surgeries every day" that she was in intensive care.
They have paid tribute to her "presence, bravery, spirit, goodness, sass, beauty and love".
