A RUGBY player has been mauled to death by a great white shark after diving off a boat. Jade Kahukore-Dixon, 24, jumped into the water off remote islands near New Zealand before he was savaged by

Earlier today, a rugby player was mauled to death by a shark off the coast of New Zealand. Jade Kahukore-Dixon, a promising 24-year-old rugby player, had been diving off a boat in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, on Tuesday.

A rugby player has been mauled to death by a great white shark after diving off a boat. 24-year-old Jade Kahukore-Dixon leapt into waters off remote islands near New Zealand and was savaged by the beast on Tuesday. The emergency services attended the scene closeby to Chatham Islands and Jade was taken to hospital and later died.

Local police confirmed a man died in hospital following a shark attack, tellingStuff; “Emergency services were called around midday, following reports the man, who had been diving off a boat, had been critically injured.

Dixon, 24, was mauled off the Chatham Islands, about 800km east of New Zealand's South Island, at midday on Tuesday.