- Lawrence Dallaglio has made an announcement following Tom Voyce’s disappearance
- The 52-year-old likened the state of affairs to a household tragedy he suffered as a teen
Lawrence Dallaglio has revealed how Tom Voyce’s current disappearance has introduced again painful recollections of his circle of relatives tragedy.
Voyce, 43 is presumed useless by police after having disappeared in the course of the Storm Darragh flood.
The previous wing, who appeared 9 occasions for England between 2001 and 2006, is mentioned to have tried to cross a flood-swollen river in his automotive, when he was believed to be swept away by the present.
A police search has been ongoing since Sunday afternoon when Voyce did not return dwelling following a night along with his associates.
Dallaglio and Voyce had been team-mates at each membership stage for Wasps and on the worldwide stage for England.
The pair received a number of Premiership titles collectively on the membership, with Voyce departing Wasps in 2009 to affix Gloucester the 12 months after Dallaglio hung up his boots.
Lawrence Dallaglio has detailed how Tom Voyce’s disappearance is painfully paying homage to a tragedy he suffered in his youth
Dallaglio and Voyce had been team-mates in a Wasps facet that loved a profitable spell within the early 2000s
The previous England captain implored followers to maintain Voyce’s household of their ideas in gentle of the tragedy
Dallaglio wrote on X: ‘It is essentially the most horrific information and all I might say at this juncture is that please allow us to all respect Tom’s household and their struggling proper now and maintain them in all in our ideas.
‘Having skilled the identical feelings myself when Francesca was lacking and presumed useless.
‘Her physique wasn’t recovered for 4 days after the marchioness sank. It is simply such a tragedy. Sending all my love x’
Dallaglio was simply 17 when his sister Francesca perished within the Marchioness catastrophe on the River Thames in 1989.
Francesca was the youngest of the 51 folks to die within the tragic incident which noticed the Marchioness pleasure boat sink after being hit twice by the Bowbelle within the early hours of August 20.
The previous England captain later revealed that he had been invited to the occasion on the boat however finally didn’t attend on account of sickness and detailed the impact the tragedy had on his household.
‘No matter occurs in your life after that exact second will not be actually because it must be,’ Dallaglio mentioned in 2011.
‘All of us had dinner as a household the evening earlier than. I used to be invited on the boat as properly, however I had a headache so determined to not go. It was very in contrast to me to show down a celebration.
‘The subsequent day, Mum woke me to inform me my sister hadn’t come again. I instantly thought, “She’s most likely useless. She’s a really smart woman”
‘The boat sank at 1am. If she wasn’t dwelling by then, there needed to be an excellent purpose. It was horrific.’
Dallaglio revealed that the tragedy served as a turning level in his sporting profession, as he went on to play each minute of England’s historic 2003 World Cup triumph.
He added: ‘I actually wasn’t destined to play for England. I didn’t even play for the first XV in school.
‘However I grew to become a person on a mission after I misplaced my sister. A part of which may have simply been me rising up. It’s very exhausting for me to grasp.
‘Was I profitable because of the very fact I made a decision to develop up, or because of the very fact my sister died?’