Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua huihui ngā whetū whutupaoro puta noa i te motu ki te taha o te kaitākaro o Cheltenham, a Eliot Richards, i muri i te whakapumautanga a te karapu o te Rōpū Tuarua, kua kitea he mate pukupuku ki a ia. Ko te 23-tau-tawhito, kua 24 nga ahuatanga mo nga Robins i tenei waa, a ka takaro i te Poutu-te-rangi 17, ka whakahaerehia i te timatanga o te wiki e whai ake nei, me te tumanako a te karapu ka ora katoa to raatau kaitakaro. I pānuihia e tētahi tauākī o te karapu: 'Ka whakarite te karapu kia whakawhiwhia te āwhina katoa ki a Eliot me tōna whānau hei āwhina i a rātau i tēnei wā uaua. Kua kitea te kaikawe o Cheltenham a Eliot Richards e mate ana ki te mate pukupuku i te tau 23. I tākaro a Richards mō Cheltenham i te 17 o Poutu-te-rangi i mua ake nei, ā, ka tukinotia ia i te tīmatanga o te wiki e whai ake nei. Ko te kaitiaki o Stoke a Jack Butland tētahi o ngā kaitākaro e tuku ana i tana tautoko ki a Richards. I tukuna mai hoki e Stephen Warnock, te kaitākaro o mua o Ingarangi me Liverpool, ōna mihi ki a Richards. 'I te wā e tika ana, e tūmanako ana mātou ka ora katoa a Eliot. I tēnei wā, e mōhio ana mātou ka hiahia ngā kaiwhaiwhai katoa o Cheltenham ki te whakauru mai ki a mātou ki te hiahia pai ki a Eliot me tōna whānau i ngā rā me ngā wiki kei mua.' Ko te kaitiaki Stoke a Jack Butland tetahi o te maha o nga kaitakaro ki te tweet i ana hiahia pai ki a Richards, me te tuhi: 'Ko nga whakaaro me nga hiahia pai ki a Eliot Richards me tona whanau.' Ko te kaitautoko o Ingarangi o mua a Stephen Warnock i tweet: 'He rongo pouri mo Eliot Richards. E hiahia ana kia ora tonu ia.' E tūmanako ana a Cheltenham ka taea e Richards (matau) te whakaora katoa i te mate pukupuku. Ko Joe Thompson, he kaitakaro me Bury i whawhai ki te mate pukupuku, i tere ki te tautoko i a Richards. I whakaae te kaiwhawhai o Cheltenham a Richards ki ngā karere i riro i a ia i runga i tōna ake pūkete Twitter. Ko Joe Thompson, he kaitakawaenga mo Bury kua whawhai ki te mate pukupuku, i mea: 'Ko nga whakaaro kei a @Eliot_Richards. Ko nga tama a @tranmererovers e kii ana ki ahau he tangata tino pai koe, na kia mau ki te pai ka taea e koe #BallsToCancer. ' I whakautu a Richards ki te tautoko i runga i tana kaute Twitter, me te kii: 'Mauruuru mo nga korero pai katoa, kia kaha tonu.'
Ko Eliot Richards, 23 tau, kua kitea he mate pukupuku ki te testis. I tākaro te kaitākaro o Cheltenham i te 17 o Maehe mō tōna kapa. Kua tuhia e Jack Butland rāua ko Stephen Warnock he tautoko ki a Richards.