Overview

• Jerónimo Fernández Bobbio, an 18-year-old member of CRAI’s M19 squad, died Tuesday afternoon at a private clinic in Rosario after complications in clavicle and shoulder surgery.
• Surgeons said a cut to a major artery during the procedure triggered severe blood loss and left him in intensive care with a reserved prognosis.
• Friends, teammates and local rugby clubs launched blood donation drives on social media to bolster hospital supplies following the operation.
• Club Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, the Unión Santafesina de Rugby and the UNL Faculty of Law paused all activities and issued official statements of condolence.
• The Rosario clinic where Fernández Bobbio was treated has not yet published a formal account of the arterial complication that led to his death.