‘Lucky’ day for Ealing forward Fenlon

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By SAM JACKSON

A FRIENDLY rugby match on October 8 nearly turned to tragedy when, early in the second half of the match between Ealing Evergreens and UCS Old Boys, forward John Fenlon collapsed.
As he lay with no pulse and not breathing, his teammate and Ealing scrum-half Justin Green began CPR and chest compressions while paramedics were called.
Luckily, Green is not only a doctor but had just been on a CPR refresher course. Even more luckily, Ealing Trailfinders – the ground at which the match took place – has a defibrillator.
UCS’ Sid Young ran and got the club’s defibril...

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