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document.write("<h5>Holding thumbs</h5>");
document.write("Mackay and team mates - we are still all holding thumbs for you.<br /><br />As For Jannie - a blessing that your mother insisted the Du Plesis brothers get a formal education... a hero on and off the field. <br /><br />Well done!. . RuggerBlogger");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("I wish you a full recovery.<br /><br />Thoughts and prayers from Bristol UK<br /><br />Jock Bok. Jock Bok. Jock Bok");
document.write("<h5>Pray</h5>");
document.write("I think we all need to pray for Mackay, and hope that he will make a full recovery.<br /><br />I think that rugby is a sport played by heros on and off the field.Jannie has proved just that.. Ivan<br />. Ivan");
document.write("<h5>Hope Mackay is ok</h5>");
document.write("Our thoughts & prayers are with Shawn's family & him. Its never good to see a good sportsman injured to this extent.<br />Here's hoping for a good recovery Shawn.<br />. JayB");
document.write("<h5>Our Prayers Go Out</h5>");
document.write("Here's to a full recovery mate. . Simon");
document.write("<h5>Shawn McKay</h5>");
document.write("Praying for you Shawn, hope you recover well and return to the rugby field soon!!!  . BLACK AND WHITE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS");
document.write("<h5>best wishes</h5>");
document.write("My condolensces to the Mackay family. its never good to hear of something like this. Will be hoping you get to return to the playing field soon. The super 14 is the best rugby competition on the planet, so it deserves to have the best players playing in it - Andrew (Sharks Fan)  . Andrew");
document.write("<h5>Prayers & thoughts are with you</h5>");
document.write("You are in excellent hands. And I pray that you make a full recovery. May God Bless you and your family. . Ruth");
document.write("<h5>Hope you recover</h5>");
document.write("Our prayers and hopes are with you. May you fully recover and play rugby again soon. A Lance Armstrong story for the rugby world.. Blue Bull Bruce");
document.write("<h5>Get Well Soon</h5>");
document.write("Thoughts are with you mate. Heres hoping for a quick and speedy recovery. Hopefully see you back on the pitch soon!. John");
document.write("<h5>Mackay all the way!!!!</h5>");
document.write("Bode you and relatives all the best mate, wish you a speedy recovery and sincerely hope to see you bash a few bodies on the footy pitch someday soon! . Kapa O Panga");
document.write("<h5>Mackay</h5>");
document.write("All the best to you and your family and here is praying that you are back on the rugby field as soon as possible!!<br />Our thoughts and prayers are with you my friend.. Jaws");
document.write("<h5>Shaun...</h5>");
document.write("AS A HUGE SHARKS SUPPORTER AND STAFF MEMBER OF DHL WHO  ARE A SPONSOR  FOR YOUR TEAM IN AUSTRALIA, THE BRUMBIES....MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND HASTEN YOUR URGENT RECOVERY AND LOOK FORWARD TO  SEEING YOU IN YOUR PLACE IN THE TEAM... DAVID MARSHALL");
document.write("<h5>Get well soon.</h5>");
document.write("To Shawn and his Family,<br /><br />You are in my thoughts .<br /><br />Shaun- Hope you make a speedy recovery .<br />. Norrin Radd");
document.write("<h5>wishing you well</h5>");
document.write("to shawn mackay and family, I wish you well and speedy recovery.I hope that everything works out and that you will be back on your feet. All wishes and prayers goes out to you and your family.<br />Get well soon. waldimar rosslee");
document.write("<h5>Shawn</h5>");
document.write("To Shawn, his family and his team mates. A speedy and full recovery mate!. Jawellnofine");
document.write("<h5>Our Shawn</h5>");
document.write("OUr thoughts are with you, Shawn, as you work through the biggest game of your life - stay tough, we are all behind you, pushing you through the ruck. If family means anything, you will be rewarded by the love and prayers and concern that are coming your way through Mass, the media, Facebook, and most importantly love and feeling.  Go Shawn, you can do it.  Love Aunty Jackie xoxoxo. Jackie");
document.write("<h5>get well</h5>");
document.write("get well soon our thoughts are with you and your family from all shark fans in the UK . Ivor Stewart");
document.write("<h5>All the best Shawn</h5>");
document.write("Our thoughts are with you Shawn. Get better soon. . nic tsangarakis");
document.write("<h5>Speedy Recovery for Shaun</h5>");
document.write("Wishing Shaun a speedy recovery. Our prayers are with the Brumbies and Shauns love ones.. Quintin");
document.write("<h5>Shawn MacKay; full recovery</h5>");
document.write("Shawn and family,<br /><br />we trust for your full recovery.<br /><br />Bulls supporter in Canada. Louis");
document.write("<h5>Shwn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("It's always tragic when a loved one is seriously injured in an accident, even worse when he is away from home. Shawn and his family are in our prayers.<br /> Jeff.(Sharks fan). Jeff");
document.write("<h5>Wishing you well</h5>");
document.write("Shawn Mackay - I wish you well and hope you have full recovery. I pray for you to have strength through your painful ordeal. No-one likes to see this kind of injury to any player.. Robyn - SA rugby supporter");
document.write("<h5>Shawn</h5>");
document.write("All the best to you and your family.<br />Really hope that you are back on your feet soon. . Chris");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("To Shawn, your family, friends, and teammates, our thoughts and prayers are with you.. Chris");
document.write("<h5>Shawn</h5>");
document.write("Shawn, wishing you a speedy recovery, mate. Wishing you , your family, and the team well at this time.<br /> . Davo");
document.write("<h5>Mackay</h5>");
document.write("My thoughts and Prayers with you and your family.<br />I pray for a full recovery.. Luke");
document.write("<h5>Get Well Soon Brumbie</h5>");
document.write("I thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time. . Gavin");
document.write("<h5>Best Wishes</h5>");
document.write("Best Wishes in your recovery and hoping to see you back on the pitch soon.... Morph");
document.write("<h5>Best Wishes</h5>");
document.write("Great to hear the surgery went well. I hope the rest of your recovery is as smooth as swift as possible and that you can make your way back on to the rugby field before you know it. the global rugby community is thinking of you and you're in all of our prayers.. Harry");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay - best wishes</h5>");
document.write("Shawn, heres wishing you a speedy recovery and everything of the best for your future. Get well mate and back on the rugby field as soon as possible.. Walter ( Sharks supporter");
document.write("<h5>Shwan Mackay</h5>");
document.write("Our thoughts and prayers are with you, your family and team mates at this sad time. We wish you a full and complete recovery.. Bill");
document.write("<h5>Speedy recovery</h5>");
document.write("Dear Mackay Family<br />My sincesrect well wishes to you and Shawn at this terrible time. Beleive he will pull through and be strong for him in his recovery. <br />God Bless. Stu");
document.write("<h5>Get well wishes.</h5>");
document.write("Hang in there, big man. <br />All the Sharkies were horrified to hear of your accident - and wish you well.<br />Mike & Julie <br />Switzerland.<br />. Mike.A");
document.write("<h5>God bless Shawn</h5>");
document.write("God bless bud, you will make a great recovery. Will pray for you and your family the whole time.. Sharkie");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("Our thoughts are with you and your loved ones. Get well soon, and well done to Dr Jannie Du Plessis. Bruce in PE");
document.write("<h5>Best Wishes</h5>");
document.write("Here is hoping for a full recovery. Thanks for entertaining us on the field, playing a game we all love, our thoughts and prayers are now with you in this anxious time.. Deon Scheppel");
document.write("<h5>Get buddy bro</h5>");
document.write("Hi Shawn<br /><br />Hope you get better soon. Rugby needs great players like you!<br /><br />. Craig Lees");
document.write("<h5>God's speed</h5>");
document.write("To Shawn & His family<br />Our thoughts and prays are with you during this horrible ordeal. Be positive and everything will be alright over time. You can do it and we all look forward to hearing of your positive developments in the future, so heres to a FULL Recovery.. Hadleigh Osborne.");
document.write("<h5>Shawn</h5>");
document.write("Get well soon mate. Hope to see you back in rugby.<br />Stuart (Shark supporter Cape Town). stuart");
document.write("<h5>Shawn</h5>");
document.write("Get well soon Shawn, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your Family<br />Anne & John Berne. Anne Berne");
document.write("<h5>shawn mackay</h5>");
document.write("Hope you got a speedy recovery and I hope too see you back on the rugby field some time in the near future ,may God be with you and you family and team mates.. ");
document.write("<h5>Sincere wish</h5>");
document.write("As an ex top sportsman in another discipline, and knowing the effort it must have taken for you to get to the level of rugby you play, I know you have the courage, tenacity and determination inbred in you, to overcome this horrific set back. With the support of millions of people, I know you will! . GARY O BRYAN");
document.write("<h5>GET WELL SOON</h5>");
document.write("Shawn, we wish you a speedy recovery and hope and pray the op has an amazing result and that you make a full recovery. Our thoughts are with you,your family and girlfriend,at this very worrying time.  From the Hamilton family in Johannesburg . BRYONY & SIMON HAMILTON");
document.write("<h5>be strong</h5>");
document.write("My mate and I were in a similar situation. Kia Kaha. . cass");
document.write("<h5>get well</h5>");
document.write("i would just like to add my get well wishes too. it is a sad tradgedy. here's to a full recovery shawn.. vaughn");
document.write("<h5>Mackay message</h5>");
document.write("Hi there,<br />I would like to leave a message for the Mackay family. As a manager of a rugby team who were in Durban at the same time (some of our players saw the accident and were badly affected by it) that i can only imagine the pain and angst been felt. I will pray for Shawn and you all. May God be with you all through this period. Grant. grant rightford");
document.write("<h5>All the best</h5>");
document.write("May God be with you guys during this hard time. All the best Shawn. Keep strong and keep on fighting!! . zam");
document.write("<h5>Shawn's Recovery</h5>");
document.write("Here's to a full recovery big man!<br />Look forward to seeing you on the field once again.<br />To the rest of the Mackay family, my thoughts and prayers go out to you at this difficult period. Be strong!<br /><br />Barry (Lions Supporter, London). Barry Hopcroft");
document.write("<h5>PRAYING FOR YOUR RECOVERY</h5>");
document.write("Shawn,we are praying for your healing and a full recovery and may you know that you are in the thoughts and prayers of many South Africans. And to your Brumbie team mates...may you all stay strong and safe! . Lois & Louw (SHARKS FANS)");
document.write("<h5>tt</h5>");
document.write(". ");
document.write("<h5>Thoughts for a full recovery.</h5>");
document.write("To Shawn, his family and girlfriend,<br />Our thoughts and prays are with you. We are praying for a full recovery for you. Be strong on your path of rehabilitation.<br />Prayers and thoughts<br />Rugby Fan (JHB). Rugby Fan");
document.write("<h5>GET WELL SOON</h5>");
document.write("We in Zimbabwe, wish you a speedy recovery - our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time.  Keep strong and positive.. MOORE GORDON FAMILY");
document.write("<h5>Shawn MacKay</h5>");
document.write("Praying for complete recovery.<br /><br />Mort. Morton du Preez");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("Wishing you everything of the best and a speedy recovery.<br />peter(p.e.). peter scholtz");
document.write("<h5>Speedy Recovery</h5>");
document.write("To shawn hope you recover soon, my thoughts are with you and your family<br />. David");
document.write("<h5>Get well soon</h5>");
document.write("To Shawn and his family, thinking of you and hoping for the best, get well soon. . Ruaidhri");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("I hereby extend my best of wishes to the Mackay family, especially to Shawn himself. I think I speak on behalf of all the avid Super 14 enthusiasts by saying that we our thoughts are with you and hope to see you running onto the park again in the very near future. God bless and remember that we cannot change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust our sails. You just hang in there mate - you just hang in there alright!!<br /><br />Clinton Scholtz<br />Sharks rugby supporter. Clinton Scholtz");
document.write("<h5>Get well soon!!</h5>");
document.write("Good to read news today of some positive results from the surgery!!<br /><br />All the best Shawn!. don664");
document.write("<h5>Get well soon!!</h5>");
document.write("We wish u well!! Come back to us soon!!<br />J,M,H,M&M.. John Spalding");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("To Shawn and his family<br /><br />All the best mate, and get well soon. Believe me when I say that you are and will be in very good hands during your time recovering from this terrible event in Durban. I'm an avid Brumbies & Wallabies man, living the last 15 years in the Cape from Adelaide. It will be gr8 to see you back on the field sometime soon and I send strength and positive thoughts to you and yours for your speedy recovery!<br /><br />Trev. Trevor Earl");
document.write("<h5>Shaun Mackay</h5>");
document.write("Dear Shawn, John, Leonie and Trish, our hearts go out for you, and our thoughts that are like prayers are with you as a family. We all pray and trust that Shawn will be restored to his full strength and ability. May you find strength in each other during this trying time, knowing that there are thousands of friends and rugby supporters thinking of you.<br />Sincere wishes from the staff at TCB Group, South Africa.<br /><br />. TCB Group, South Africa");
document.write("<h5>Speedy recovery</h5>");
document.write("Wish you strenght in these trying times and a speedy recovery. Trevor");
document.write("<h5>Get Well Shawn</h5>");
document.write("No sport loving fans wants to see any sportsman get injured whether on the field or off. I hope you make a full recovery and end up back in a position in Rugby ohopefully on the field but if not then off the field. This is obviously a game you love so get well soon <br /><br />. Concerned Shark Fan");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("Shawn. I hope for a speedy recovery for you mate. Hope to see you on the paddock again,. Willie Kruger");
document.write("<h5>Speedy Recovery</h5>");
document.write("Shawn, hope you have a speedy recovery and return to the game soon. Best wishes to you and your family. Bruce");
document.write("<h5>Get Well Soon</h5>");
document.write("Here is wishing you a speedy recovery from your injuries. God bless. Brian. Port Elizabeth. <br />. Brian");
document.write("<h5>In our prayers...</h5>");
document.write("I am praying for Shawn's total healing & that in no time at all, he will be up & about & astounding even the doctors with the miracle that has taken place in his life. God be with Shawn & his family.. A Mom");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("Hey Shawn, we hope and pray that you make a full recovery from your injuries. We will follow yous progress and wish you all the best from the Uitenweerde family who are crazy rugby (SHARKS) supporters.. Johann Uitenweerde");
document.write("<h5>Dear Shawn</h5>");
document.write("hey Shawn and family, I'm sorry to hear about what happened.  I hope that your recovery goes well and that we will see you on the field again some day.  Best of luck and God bless. Marc");
document.write("<h5>IN OUR PRAYERS</h5>");
document.write("HI MENEER. I WAS SADDEND TO HEAR OF YOUR ACCIDENT ON MONDAY. HOPE THAT YOU GET WELL SOON. TAKE IT EASY & BE SURE THAT YOU WILL BE IN THE PRAYERS OFF EVERY SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY SUPPORTER.<br /><br />REGARDS<br /><br />PIETER LABUSCHAGNE. PIETER LABUSCHAGNE (SHARK FOR LIFE)");
document.write("<h5>Mackay</h5>");
document.write("No-one should ever have to experience this kind of tragedy. I hope you find the strength to heal quickly.. Sorry Saffa");
document.write("<h5>Shawn</h5>");
document.write("Blessings and prayers for Shawn<br />May he recover well and soon.<br />Johnathan<br /> . Johnathan");
document.write("<h5>shaun mckay</h5>");
document.write("here is wishing u a full recovery and the strenght to get thru this very trying time. sharks fan");
document.write("<h5>In my thoughts</h5>");
document.write("Shawn, <br />I am sure I speak for all the guys in Hong Kong that have played against you in the Sevens - all the very best for a swift recovery. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.<br />Wazza<br />. Wazza");
document.write("<h5>Wishing you all the best mate</h5>");
document.write("Wishing you all the best mate, hope you make a speedy recovery, this is a tragedy. May the person who cause you so much pain be brought to justice. . Lee Minne");
document.write("<h5>Get well mate !</h5>");
document.write("My condolensces to the McKay family. Wishing Shawn a speedy recovery. Get better soon mate!   . Dirkman");
document.write("<h5>SHAWN M</h5>");
document.write("heres to a speedy recovery bru!<br />. SHAUN D");
document.write("<h5>All the best!</h5>");
document.write("Mate<br />All the best. I don't even know you, but I do love rugby and that makes us all family!<br /><br />We all are thinking of you.<br />Best wishes<br />Steve. Steve");
document.write("<h5>Article Title</h5>");
document.write("Please change the title of this article......the man isn't dead! maybe something like \"Well Wishes\" should be better.. V7776");
document.write("<h5>Come on Shawn</h5>");
document.write("Wishing for a speedy return to form and full recovery for this young man. Well done to Jannie for showing the true spirit of rugby.<br /><br />putco <br />Tokyo, Japan. Putco");
document.write("<h5>Shawn Mackay</h5>");
document.write("Great to hear the surgery went well. I hope your recovery goes as well and that you can make your way back onto the rugby field before in a few months. Our prayers are with you,your family and your team mates. May they continue the tour in your honour. To Jannie .. your presence at that exact time was a God send. Well done !!!<br />Sharks Forever . Dawn");
document.write("<h5>THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS</h5>");
document.write("Our thoughts and prayers are with Shawn and his family. Take care and God bless. TOPSY'S UK. ");
document.write("<h5>Thoughts and Prayers </h5>");
document.write("Our thoughts and prayers are with Shawn and his family. Take care and God Bless. TOPSY");
document.write("<h5>A speedy recovery</h5>");
document.write("Shawn wishing you a speedy recovery and strength to your family as this trying time - Sharks supporter. Den");
document.write("<h5>Get well,Shawn!</h5>");
document.write("We know it's going to take more than that to bring you down,mate!Hope you recover faster than what your bargaining for!I believe in you!<br /><br />^Hobo. Hobo Robertson");
document.write("<h5>Shawn</h5>");
document.write("Fervently hoping Shawn comes round, opens his eyes and gives a bigs thumbs up soon. Unable to take any of the anguish away with an email but wishing you strength and good outcomes . Simon in Japan. simon griffin");
document.write("<h5>Special Condolences From North of BORNEO</h5>");
document.write("Sorry for the lost, may GOD be with him ... CHEERz .... Kevin");
document.write("<h5>shaun has passed away</h5>");
document.write("here in canberra we just received the terrible news that shawn mackay has passed away, condolences.... trompie");
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