Luke Hole, 29, drank vodka slushes, cider, shots and rum before being found dead
A super-fit young rugby player died of a cocktail of alcohol and cocaine on a rugby tournament in Majorca.
Roofing surveyor Luke Hole, 29, drank vodka slushes, cider, Jaegermeister shots and rum before being found dead.
An inquest heard he was almost six times over the drink-drive limit and had taken fatal levels of cocaine.
But his family fear his drinks may have been spiked with cocaine because he was not a known drug user.
The court heard Mr Hole played in the seven-a-side tournament in Magaluf after flying out with friends from Pontyclun RFC in South Wales last April.
But the sportsman skipped the rugby and spent the last day of the tournament drinking heavily with friends on the trip.
Friend Luke Rose told the inquest: ‘We went to the beach and were drinking vodka slush puppies. We had cans of cider in the afternoon and then vodka and blackcurrant in a bar called Mambo’s.
The Pontyclun RFC squad from South Wales are pictured before the rugby tour to Majorca
The inquest was told the friends drank vodka and blackcurrant in Mambo’s (above) in Magaulf
‘Then we had shots before going back to the hotel where we were all drinking in each other’s rooms.’
The inquest heard Mr Hole’s room-mate Carl Jenkins found him unresponsive on his bed the next day. He said: ‘There was foam in his mouth, it looked like he had choked. I panicked and raised the alarm.’
A post mortem found that Mr Hole (pictured) died of alcohol and cocaine poisoning
Mr Hole, of Pontyclun, had just bought a house with girlfriend Natasha Morgan, 28, and the pair were looking forward to a long and happy life together.
He had semi-retired from rugby but had flown out for the annual seven-a-side contest with the village team he had played for since he age of eight.
A post mortem found he died of alcohol and cocaine poisoning. The inquest in Aberdare heard alcohol can increase the effects of cocaine by forming a deadly compound called cocaethylene.
South Wales Valleys Coroner Andrew Barclay said the presence of cocaine was a mystery because no one saw him take it.
He said: ‘There had been a party and part of the rugby trip was significant drinking, morning and night. It is clear the cause of death was the level alcohol and drugs.’
Mr Barclay recorded a narrative verdict that the death was drug and alcohol related.