Terrible drama in Rouen!
Jordan Michallet, the opening half of the Rouen club (Pro D2), tragically died on Tuesday at the age of 29. The former Bourgoin-Jallieu opener threw himself from a building under construction after having a car accident just before his fatal fall.
Rouen was the scene of a terrible tragedy and the city’s rugby club mourns Jordan Michallet. The opening half of the RNR, resident of Pro D2, is indeed tragically died on Tuesday after jumping from the fourth floor of a building under construction, according to information from our colleagues from Paris Normandy. The body of the Rouen player was found at the foot of the building in question, located near the Mathilde bridge in Rouen. Despite a present cardiac massage provided by a student at the scene of the tragedy and then by a policeman who took over, Jordan Michallet, whom a witness had seen fall from the fourth floor, could not be resuscitated. To pay Paris Normandy, there is no doubt that the former Bourgoin-Jallieu player went through the Grenoble training center then through the FCG, he who was born in Isère, before settling in Rouen in 2018 while the RNR was evolving still in Federal 1, ended his own life. Just before jumping into the void from the fourth floor, the opener, then driving his car, had indeed been the victim of an accident after hitting a central reservation. The thesis of suicide would also be favored by the departmental security, in charge of the investigation.
Michallet had played sixteen games this season
“The Rouen Normandie Rugby family is deeply saddened to announce the death of our dear Jordan Michallet. This terrible news plunges the whole club into immense grief. The management and the whole club are joining his family in this terrible ordeal, ”reacted the Rouen club just after learning of the death of its opening half. Last Friday, Michallet, substitute, came into play during the match during the defeat (32-29) of the Normans in Colomiers. This season, the former French international U18, under contract until 2025, had appeared sixteen times, including thirteen times as a starter. He had 157 points on his counter this season before this terrible tragedy on Tuesday.