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    Vale Mike Denton

    By RugbyWA Media

    Mike Denton
    The rugby community in Western Australia has been left deeply saddened with the tragic passing of Nedlands player Mike Denton on Friday night.

    The 29 year old was with Nedlands team mates in Bali for the island’s annual Rugby 10’s tournament in which the West Australian club had participated over a number of years and were the reigning champions.

    The flyhalf was a long time player with Nedlands, joining them in 2006, and a starting member of the club’s Premier Grade side. He played a key role in Neddies’ 2010 Championship winning team and again in 2011 where they claimed the minor premiership.

    The New Zealand born back was passionate about Nedlands and his consistent performances for the Royal Blues earned him opportunities in both the Perth Gold squad and the Emirates Western Force 'A' programme.

    RugbyWA extends its deepest condolences to Mr Denton’s family, his team mates and the Nedlands Rugby Union Club.

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    very sad news indeed

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    My thoughts and prayers go out to his friends, family and loved ones.

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    Sad news - my condolences to those that knew him including his friends, loved ones and Nedlands rugby club.

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    Thanks to all of you. It proves the whole Rugby community hurt together when a tragedy like this happens.

    We shall invite everybody who remembers Dents to the Foreshore on either 8th or 9th October to toast Dents. Please BYO awning ( saves having to hire a marquee) and we'll try and cater a few beverages but perhaps may suggest you BYO as well.

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    Horrible news to hear.
    Thoughts are with all who knew him
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    Terrible sad news - condolences to his family and friends. I know he will be very missed by my two sons who play for Neddies and knew him very well.

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    Our thoughts go out to family, friends and fellow players alike......

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    Will miss you Dents - such a tragedy

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    thoughts and prayers go out to the Denton family back home in Dunedin and to all of the Nedlands club - his team mates, coaches, managers and club community, tragic loss of one who had it all still to give

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    The saddest part is that he had just hung up his boots - the Grand final this year was his last hurrah... followed by the Bali 10s. Top lad and will be missed by all who knew him.

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    A tribute and wake for West Australia's Michael Denton will be held on October 9th, Sunday morning at 10:00am. The location will be Dents's field of dreams - field 1 , Nedlands Rugby Club, the foreshore, Nedlands. BYO soft drinks and water - Sadly we cannot cater as our club rooms have been demolished. We would like to see everybody there where we can reminisce and then retire to various pubs and watch the Wallabies beat the Boks and the AB's beat Scotland or Argentina.

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    Nedlands RUFC have arranged some wonderful pieces of rugby memorabilia to be auctioned with all proceeds going to the family of Premier Grade player Mike Denton who tragically passed away last month.

    Bidding is underway and will run until 5pm (AWST) on Friday 4th November.

    If you would like to make a bid for any of the items please email greer.kane@gmail.com with your bid.

    You can see photos and full descriptions of the items at the Nedlands website (click here).

    The items available are:

    * Rugby World Cup 2011 Wallabies jumper signed by the entire Australian team.

    * Rugby World Cup 2011 All Blacks Jersey signed by the entire New Zealand team.

    * A rare poster of the All Blacks performing the Haka in Sean Fitzpatrick's last game - personally signed.

    Again, all proceeds are being donated to the Denton family so please show your support for Nedlands and their efforts to help Mike's family following his sudden passing.

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    Bali drink killed WA rugby player

    SEAN COWAN, The West Australian
    Updated November 30, 2011, 3:00 am


    An autopsy on a prominent Perth rugby player who died in Bali has revealed he was killed by methanol poisoning.

    The finding by the coroner at Bali's Sanglah Hospital prompted Michael Denton's friends and family to warn anyone planning a trip to Bali to avoid drinking cocktails, especially if they contained a distilled local alcohol called arak.

    Mr Denton's brother Paul and friends Richard Naylor, Trent Gainey and Mark Badham said yesterday they were concerned about school leavers who were already in Bali and could have unknowingly consumed methanol.

    Just 10ml is enough to make a person blind and any more than 100ml is almost always fatal.

    "This is not an anti-Bali message," Mr Gainey said.

    "It's being aware of the risks associated with Bali being a Third World country.

    "We still frequent the place as a holiday destination and this is one of the risks associated with travelling to those areas."

    Paul Denton said: "We want to warn people travelling to Bali about these drinks. We have heard of past cases of this happening and we want people to be aware of what can happen, so nobody has to go through what we have gone through.

    "It's about warning the public, not about Mike. We know we can't get Mike back."

    Mr Denton died at Sanglah Hospital about 11pm on September 23, three days after Sydney nurse Jamie Johnston suffered brain damage and kidney failure after drinking a methanol-laced jug of arak at the Happy Cafe restaurant on Lombok.

    At least four foreigners were among the 25 people who died from methanol poisoning during a two-week period in Bali and Lombok in 2009, while more than 50 others required hospital treatment.

    Authorities blamed rogue producers in small factories which had sprung up when the Government cracked down on the illegal importation of alcohol from overseas.

    Mr Denton, the fly-half for Nedlands Rugby Union Football Club's premier grade team and a Western Force A-side representative, was in Bali with teammates and was due to play in an international rugby tournament on September 24.

    The 29-year-old had been drinking at the hotel during the afternoon, but his friends said he would have had no more than a few drinks around the pool because the bus was due to pick them up at 7am the next day.

    Mr Gainey said Mr Denton did not drink any more than his teammates, some of whom had also been drinking a cocktail called Jungle Juice, which contained arak.

    About 10pm, Mr Denton had complained of feeling ill and his friends escorted him to his room.

    When they went back to check on him, less than an hour later, he was unconscious, Mr Gainey said.

    Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at Sanglah Hospital.

    University of WA professor of medicine and pharmacology David Joyce said yesterday methanol was used only for industrial purposes in Australia.

    "Methanol is a very potent poison and it only takes the equivalent of one standard drink to blind you and not much more to kill you," he said.

    "In Australia it was even removed from methylated spirits a generation ago.

    "It interferes with the way the body can use oxygen to support itself.

    "The early events, beyond simple drunkenness, are that people can become very confused and they undergo a cardiovascular collapse. Blood pressure falls and their brain stops functioning and at that stage they are very difficult to retrieve. There are treatments but they have to be instituted very early."

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