Aurelia Haynes, a rising soccer star and law student, passed away unexpectedly in her sleep.

She was 19.

The local soccer community in Sydney, Australia, mourned the sudden loss.

“Haynes was a member of the Umina United club in the Central Coast’s WPL competition, having previously been a member of the Canberra United Academy,” news.com.au noted.

“Australia mandated the mRNA shot for school, sports, and colleges,” X account Died Suddenly wrote.

news.com.au reports:

Haynes then joined the Northbridge NPL Under-20s team as well as the Hills United played in Sydney before joining Umina this season.

Not only a footballer, Haynes was also a law student at Macquarie University, where she was also set to play football.

In a post on August 2, Umina paid tribute to the youngster.

“Aurelia brought her youthful energy, her friendly smile, dedication, gentle nature and her love for the game into our club,” the tribute read.

“On behalf of our entire Umina United family, we send our deepest condolences to Aurelia’s family and friends.”

Northbridge FC, the team she’d played Miniroos before going all the way to the NPL teams, also commented: “Aurelia’s love for the club and her teammates shone brightly in every match and training session. She cherished the fun and success they shared.

Per Daily Mail:

She was also set to compete in the UniSport Futsal championship in Canberra for Macquarie University, which began on Tuesday.

In announcing her July 30 death on August 2, Umina said: ‘Aurelia brought her youthful energy, her friendly smile, dedication, gentle nature and her love for the game into our club.’

The comments section was deluged with expressions of shock and mourning from other clubs and those who knew Aurelia.

‘So sad, beautiful young lady. I worked with her in Gosford… been a hard week at office since hearing news,’ one person wrote.

‘So young and lovely. All our love to her parents.’

‘Our deepest condolences to Aurelia’s family, friends and team mates at this very sad time,’ another said.

Australia’s Victoria state included professional athletes in its COVID-19 jab mandate in 2021.

Reuters noted:

Australia’s Victoria state has included professional athletes in a vaccination mandate that will require about 1.25 million “authorised workers” to have two COVID-19 shots by the end of November.

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews announced the health order on Friday as the southern state grapples with an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.

The categories of authorised workers released by the Victoria government include “professional or high-performance sportsperson, workers that support the safe running of that person’s professional sport” and broadcasters.

Authorised workers must have their first vaccine shot by Oct. 15 and their second by Nov. 26 or face being banned from their workplaces.

“Ultimately, if you want to come to work and you’re on the authorised list, you need to have your first jab by (Oct. 15),” Andrews told reporters as Victoria announced 1,143 new local COVID-19 cases on Friday.

Victoria is Australia’s first state to introduce such a sweeping vaccine mandate, though vaccination was made compulsory for workers in aged care last month across the country.

Victoria is home to dozens of professional teams in soccer, cricket, Australian Rules football and rugby, and is also a base for high performance hubs in tennis, golf, athletics and other sports.

 

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