Today's rugby headlines as international dies 'celebrating win' and Welsh rugby boss calls out integrity of URC

Here are the latest rugby headlines on Monday, May 9.

The death of Samoan back-row forward Kelly Meafua, who died after jumping from a bridge into a river while celebrating a win, has left his club in shock. Meafua’s club Montauban confirmed the 32-year-old had not survived the incident in the early hours of Saturday morning despite the efforts of a teammate, named as prop Christopher Vaotoa in French media reports, who jumped into the water but was unable to save him. Vaotoa himself was taken to hospital with hypothermia but was discharged in good health on Saturday.

The pair are reported to have been celebrating Montauban’s 48-40 win over Narbonne just hours earlier in the team’s final home Pro D2 game of the season at Stade Sapiac in France.

“The entire club is shocked and everyone is thinking of his wife, his children, his teammates and more generally everyone who loves the club,” a club statement read. “Kelly was a player who was well liked by everybody. His joy for life was infectious and radiant. Today we have lost a player, a friend and a brother.”

Born in Samoa, Meafua moved to New Zealand when he was a teenager, started playing rugby aged 20 and had stints in Auckland before moving to Sydney and then leaving for France in 2015.

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Ospreys head coach Toby Booth has questioned why all games in the United Rugby Championship's final round are not kicking off at the same time, insisting they should for the sake of the competition's integrity.

If the Ospreys can claim a bonus-point victory against South African side Bulls on Friday, May 20, they will be the top finishing Welsh team and will seal a Champions Cup spot for next season. If they