News Shane Yarran - Found Dead in Home - Rest in Peace

[rgauci]

I forgot that Sonny grew up with Yarran.

Did he? I thought it was Natainui, Walters and Chris Yarran on the same street.

 

[Sweetback]

Did he? I thought it was Natainui, Walters and Chris Yarran on the same street.

Yep, he just wasn’t drafted at the same time as the more famous trio:

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-27...l-docker-yarran-the-latest-join-a-senior-list

 

[raffrox]

The players did the talking last night when it came to Yarran. McCarthy said some good stuff about what it meant to a lot of the players as well. I'm very proud of how the club and Ross and the team responded last night.

 

[StingBitten]

Did he? I thought it was Natainui, Walters and Chris Yarran on the same street.

And Andrew Krakouer.

 

[One_Wing]

Friend of myn at the Freo derby tells me Jon Griffin is wearing a black arm band for Yarran and made the same gesture Walters did after kicking a goal.

 

[scon]

I'm guessing Souths and Easts both wearing black armbands to commemorate the fella.
Maybe all WAFL teams will do it.

 

[Allikat]

Friend of myn at the Freo derby tells me Jon Griffin is wearing a black arm band for Yarran and made the same gesture Walters did after kicking a goal.

There's been a few indigenous players across the AFL wearing arm bands too, like the Port guys.

 

[Tonga Bob]

Vale.

Devastating for all who knew & cared for him. Hope everyone on here is doing alright.

Saw some decent tributes online:

 

[Nickos66]

Horrible news, thoughts go out to his kid.

 

[ajdude]

There's been a few indigenous players across the AFL wearing arm bands too, like the Port guys.

saw sam menegola was wearing one, would've played with him at Subiaco yeah?

RIP shane.

 

[PavLike]

Watching the different footy shows aired today - I'm a little disgusted by the lack of acknowledgement or mention of the issue. Very sad weekend indeed having lost a few mates to suicide - also having studied Mental Health counselling - it's devastating - nice to see the actual playing community recognized the loss. R.I.P Shane - I'm sorry you never got the help or empathy you needed.

 

[Okinakashi]

A little bit of Mr Yarran's backstory in this article.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...m/news-story/09a8c4241d7a8b281c404fc84fdf13a2

Such as sad end to a difficult life. Thankyou for your time in Purple - you thrilled and excited the Purple Haze and like a candle burning brightly, were gone too soon.

R.I.P Mr Yarran

 

[Nickos66]

A little bit of Mr Yarran's backstory in this article.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...m/news-story/09a8c4241d7a8b281c404fc84fdf13a2

Such as sad end to a difficult life. Thankyou for your time in Purple - you thrilled and excited the Purple Haze and like a candle burning brightly, were gone too soon.

R.I.P Mr Yarran

Pay-walled, Googling the article doesn't work either because the Australian are *****'d.

 

[freo_leo29]

Pay-walled, Googling the article doesn't work either because the Australian are *****'d.

https://outline.com/gSBUeW try this

 

[rgauci]

Wow, police reopened a case, that they had no chance of winning. Why? Seriously why? Then he got blackmailed by family. What a horrible series of events.

 

[scon]

Fuquen shameful.

 

[rgauci]

There should be a coronial inquest into why that case was reopened...all it lead to was blackmail and ultimately suicide.

 

[salim malik]

More hounding by the gutter press . There is not a decent human being amongst the lot of them.

 

[Bonfire]

More hounding by the gutter press . There is not a decent human being amongst the lot of them.

You got to be a special kind of low-life to try and make that your profession, for every decent reporter there are 9 cockroaches

 

[Purple Maverick]

Any news on the funeral?

 

[scon]

Any news on the funeral?

Shane YARRAN

Funeral notice

YARRAN:
The Funeral Service for the late Shane Michael Yarran will be held at the Bridgeley Community Centre, 91 Wellington St, Northam at 1.00pm THURSDAY (03.05.2018) followed by a Burial at the NORTHAM Cemetery.
Family Owned 9622 1411

 

[MadDocker]

Tragic story. Media are the absolute pits.

 

[stax on the mull]

There's a bit a reference in John Townsend's story about Keifer Yu yesterday. I'll just quote the section:

Yarran’s motivation cannot be fully known but there is no doubt that his state of mind was profoundly affected by the constant sledging he received five days earlier while playing amateur football.

Yarran was referred to repeatedly as a “criminal”, a “wife-basher” and a “gutless thug” by his opponents in what would be his final game.

He told at least one confidant after the match that he did not know if he would play football again, given the abuse he was likely to endure. He was dead a few days later.

 

[PapaJ]

There's a bit a reference in John Townsend's story about Keifer Yu yesterday. I'll just quote the section:

Yarran’s motivation cannot be fully known but there is no doubt that his state of mind was profoundly affected by the constant sledging he received five days earlier while playing amateur football.

Yarran was referred to repeatedly as a “criminal”, a “wife-basher” and a “gutless thug” by his opponents in what would be his final game.

He told at least one confidant after the match that he did not know if he would play football again, given the abuse he was likely to endure. He was dead a few days later.

That's very sad if true. An illustration of why I reckon sledging of any kind that goes beyond what is happening directly on the ground and in the sport is just cowardly - even then I'm not always a fan of it. But hat's another story. In this case it just adds to the tragedy of the whole thing.

 

[Superkoops]

That level of sledging is going way too far and basically bullying. Horrible to read that. Sadly there are some real lowlifes running around in the Amo’s.