D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on a teenager dying in a private run it straight-style game - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

A 19-year-old has died after suffering a head injury during a tackle game - known as run it straight - with friends on Sunday. 

Police say the impromptu event was based on a social media-driven competition, where people run into each other for full-contact collisions without protective gear.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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