An amateur rugby player died in a car crash after an eight hour post match drinking session, a coroner heard today. Shane Hedges downed twelve pints of lager, two pints of shandy and two rounds of Sambuca shots following the game last November, the court heard.
The Plymouth inquest was told Shane had been drinking at a sports and social club from 4.16pm until it closed just after midnight.
Toxicology revealed that he was more than three times over the legal drink drive top limit when he drove into a brick wall at 1.35am.
The 25-year-old played prop for Devon side Old Technicians who had taken on Buckfastleigh that afternoon. Shane, of Plymouth, Devon, was a conscientious slinger and worked for Babcock International at the city's dockyard.
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