Just one month after Hannah Rye took Australian rugby league star Trent Hodkinson to her high school formal, the 15-year-old has died from the cancer she’s had since she was first a teenager.
Students at Rye’s Kurri Kurri High School have been told their friend had passed away over the weekend, News Corp reports.
RIP Hannah.
Sending love and condolences to her family and friends ❤️ pic.twitter.com/hqRqxDXaTi
— NRL (@NRL) August 21, 2017
The school had brought the formal forward from the end of the year so Rye could attend on July 20, and – as a massive Newcastle Knights fan – she was escorted by the team’s captain Trent Hodkinson.
They were side-by-side the whole night; they rode together to the venue; took photos together; and cut cake in front of the rest of the 2017 year 10 students.