A WALES rugby star has helped raise almost £700 by attending a fund-raiser in memory of an 18-year-old Llanaelhearn teenager who died due to an epilepsy condition.

Dylan Morus Roberts died on 7 May, 2007, due to a condition known as Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.

SUDEP is attributed if a person with epilepsy dies suddenly and unexpectedly, and no obvious cause of death can be found. It is sometimes called sudden unexplained death in epilepsy.

Dylan’s siblings, Llinos Williams and Carwyn Roberts, have been tirelessly fund-raising and raising awareness of the condition since their brother’s death and recently held a fund-raiser at Pwllheli Rugby Club in which they received support from former Wales international forward Jonathan Thomas.

Last year Jonathan was forced to retire from rugby at the age of 32 after being diagnosed with epilepsy.

On the evening the rugby star held a talk at Pwllheli Rugby Club on Welsh rugby and the Six Nations. The evening raised £690.17 and will go towards The Dylan Roberts Sunflower Tribute Fund.

See the full story in this week’s Arfon/Dwyfor edition of the Cambrian News