Leeds students to stage rugby clash in memory of young cancer patient whose university career was cut short
By Leah Waller
A Leeds Trinity student who died after a six month battle with cancer will be remembered by fellow peers in a charity ‘clash of the codes’ rugby match on Friday.
Matthew Huggett, from Essex, was just 21 when he died in December 2013 after being diagnosed with Metastatic Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, which prevented him from completing his sports journalism degree.
Matthew’s dad, Steve Huggett, 54, said: “He would absolutely love it because he was fanatic about sport.
“Rugby was his 100% passion, any rugby match anywhere he’d be watching.”
