READ MORE: Sam Ballard dead: Slug-eating rugby player who became quadriplegic after sickening dare passes away “We have some sad news for you now," she said.

Sam Ballard who was left paralysed after eating a slug as a dare told his mum, 'I love you' before he died Credit: Newspix Australia - Newscorp. The 28-year-old was left paralysed after he ...

"As far as I'm concerned, he didn't do anything wrong," said Katie Ballard of Sam's decision to eat the slug. "It was just a silly thing." Follow Brett Molina on Twitter: @brettmolina23.

Sam Ballard, the Australian man who was paralysed after eating a slug, has died at the age of 28. The promising rugby player was only 19-years-old when he swallowed the slug as a dare and became ...

A man who ate a garden slug as part of a dare has died. Sam Ballard, 28, became a paraplegic and suffered for eight years after eating the slug at a party when he was 19.

Sam Ballard, an Australian teen, faced tragic repercussions after accepting a dare to swallow a slug at a friend's party in ...

Sam Ballard was 19 years old when friends at a party dared him to swallow a slug.Within days, the Australian teen developed a rare form of meningitis and fell into a coma that lasted more than a year.

Sam Ballard, who died at the age of 28, ate a slug at a friend's party for a dare while still a teenager. The consequences would prove to be catastrophic, resulting in the keen rugby player ...