Rugby player dies one day after emotional wedding

Rugby player dies one day after emotional wedding

A video of the emotional ceremony was shared on YouTube - and it's heartbreaking. 

Navar and Maia Wedding
Screenshot/Dion Taumata/YouTube

The young rugby player, who is also a dad, got the chance to marry the love of his life in a garden ceremony, one day before he died from a terminal brain tumour.

Navar Herbert passed away on Tuesday night after a battle with a cancerous sarcoma tumour. He was 22. 

The Gold Coast rugby union player was diagnosed with the illness a few months ago and his condition rapidly deteriorated.

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A video shared on YouTube shows the player being wheeled out of a house and into the garden where he exchanged vows with his Fiancee, Maia Falwasser, with whom he shares a child.

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