Rugby League
- Sonny Fai, 20, New Zealand National Rugby League (NRL) player, disappeared off Te Henga (Bethells Beach) in Auckland while attempting to save a family member. His body has never been found. (2009)
- Sam Faust, 25, Australian National Rugby League (NRL) player, acute myeloid leukemia (2011)
- Hudson Irving, English rugby league player, heart attack (1947)
- Frederick Kelsall, 24–25, English rugby league player, motorcycle accident (1931)
- Roy Muir Kinnear, 38, Scottish rugby union/league player, heart attack (1942)
- Harry Myers, 31, English rugby league player, injuries sustained in a collision while playing for Keighley (1906)
- Terry Newton, 31, English rugby league player, suicide (2010)
- Christopher Sanderson, English rugby league player, collapsed following a tackle, he died later that day at a nearby hospital (1977)
- Leon Walker, 20, English rugby league player, death was the result of a rare undiagnosed heart defect, and the coroner ruled that he died of natural causes. (2009)
- Adam Watene, 31, Cook Islands rugby league player, heart attack (2008)
- Jason Annear, 21, Australian National Rugby League (NRL) player, died after falling from a cliff (2012)
- Diego Codyre, 23, Australian National Rugby League (NRL) player, died in a car crash (2012)
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