He told of health problems that included a brain cyst, hepatitis B, herpes, arthritis and partial blindness.

In addition to his epilepsy and inflammation of the colon, he told the news service, he has a brain cyst, though he does not know whether it is malignant.

Just two minutes into the game he was knocked unconscious after a dangerous high tackle from Canberra forward John Lomax and with the completion of the game and a routine scan it was discovered he had a life-threatening brain cyst.