{"id":297971,"date":"2023-11-18T15:23:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T15:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=297971"},"modified":"2023-11-18T15:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T15:23:52","slug":"scottish-rugby-union-finally-apologise-to-siobhan-cattigans-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/rugby-union\/scottish-rugby-union-finally-apologise-to-siobhan-cattigans-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Rugby Union finally apologise to Siobhan Cattigan&apos;s family"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Scottish Rugby Union finally apologise to Siobhan Cattigan&#8217;s family as they admit not passing on details of her funeral to team-mates and failing to pay tribute to former Scotland international following her death in 2020<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scottish Rugby Union apologises\u00a0to Cattigan&#8217;s family: &#8216;we let them down&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Union have admitted failure to pass on details of her funeral to team-mates<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Siobhan Cattigan passed away in 2020 but cause of death was unclear\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Scottish Rugby Union have issued an apology to the family of Siobhan Cattigan after they admitted their failure to pass on her funeral details to her team-mates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Union have admitted that they let the family down in certain aspects, including their failure to inform Siobhan&#8217;s team-mates of her funeral, and an inadequate tribute at Murrayfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John McGuigan &#8211; the new Chair of Scottish Rugby &#8211; admitted in the AGM on Saturday, that they &#8216;did not intend to cause distress to the family through our actions it&#8217;s clear we should have managed this tragic situation better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cattigan, who passed away at 26 in November 2021, died very suddenly with no cause of death given at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since her death, questions have been raised surrounding the lack of protocols for rugby players when sustaining repetitive brain injuries.<\/p>\n<p>During the AGM, McGuigan went on to say: &#8216;Siobhan was a hugely talented rugby player who played for Scotland, earning 19 caps. She was passionate about rugby being a committed ambassador for the sport, alongside her significant academic achievements and charity work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/13\/77962889-12765217-image-a-22_1700315163646.jpg\" height=\"380\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Questions have been raised about Scottish Rugby&#8217;s failure to support brain injuries sustained<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/13\/77962865-12765217-image-m-24_1700315168427.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Siobhan passed away suddenly in 2021, with no cause of death given at the time<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m therefore very grateful to Mr and Mrs Cattigan and Ms Taylor for inviting me into their home and providing a deeply personal account of Siobhan&#8217;s time with Scottish Rugby. Having listened to the family I want on behalf of Scottish Rugby to say sorry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We also take responsibility for Scottish Rugby\u2019s handling of certain elements surrounding Siobhan\u2019s funeral, including not relaying the family\u2019s wishes to every player which meant some of Siobhan\u2019s team-mates did not get the opportunity to attend her funeral.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We also let the family down by not directly contacting the family nor visiting after Siobhan\u2019s passing to offer our condolences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the months after her death, her parents revealed\u00a0in an interview with the Sunday Times that &#8216;rugby-related brain injuries&#8217; had a detrimental affect on Siobhan&#8217;s mental health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They noted a change in Siobhan&#8217;s personality and claimed that:\u00a0&#8216;It had got to the point where she could no longer live with the pain in her head and Siobhan succumbed to an irrational thought and impulsive action.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Scottish Rugby said that they <span>&#8216;fully acknowledge the seriousness of what the family have shared&#8217;, but they did &#8216;not recognise or accept&#8217; some of the claims made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the cause of death was unclear, Scottish Rugby said they would\u00a0provide &#8216;support&#8217; to those most affected. Police Scotland were not made aware of the rugby star&#8217;s death, as it was suggested it was non-suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>Cattigan won 19 caps for her country, and represented Stirling, passed away suddenly, with rugby greats paying tribute to the &#8216;inspirational&#8217; Scottish women&#8217;s star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12765217\/Scottish-Rugby-Union-finally-issue-apology-Siobhan-Cattigan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish Rugby Union finally apologise to Siobhan Cattigan&#8217;s family as they admit not passing on details of her funeral to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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