South African Rugby Players Drown

                    
                                            Motherwell Rugby Team Players

A South African club rugby player drowned and five of his team-mates are missing feared dead after being swept out to sea off the south coast. The players from Motherwell Rugby Club went swimming following a beach practice session in Port Elizabeth.

Fifteen people, including members of the public, were rescued after being pulled out to sea at Blue Water Bay Beach. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) saved those caught up in rip currents shortly after midday on Sunday,  according to the South African Press Association (Sapa) . The dead man and the five still missing are all thought to be in their early 20s.