Former Silver Fern Tania Dalton's life support has been turned off at Auckland Hospital on Tuesday.

Ms Dalton suffered from a brain aneurysm during a social game of touch rugby in Takapuna on Thursday, and was taken to hospital in a critical condition.



"The Dalton family wishes to let people know that Tania's life support was turned off at 1.26pm today. The family are by her side and she is peaceful," a spokesperson for her family says.

"It is expected that she will slip away when she is ready, anytime from now.

"Test results revealed that the internal aneurysm she experienced on Thursday night had resulted in massive blood loss and ultimately loss of oxygen to the brain for an extended period.

"The damage has now been accepted as irreversible and so the family had no choice but to allow nature to take its course."

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