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Scott Dureau fine after health scare

Dureau fine after health scare

Catalan Dragons scrum-half Scott Dureau has declared himself fine after a health scare during Sunday's clash with Widnes.

The Australian was unable to take a 60th-minute penalty after complaining of double vision - the symptom which led to him discovering he had a brain tumour last September.

He produced a man-of-the-match performance against London last week - his return from a nine-month lay-off - but was worryingly struck down again. He sat on the ground when he was unable to see the target of the posts and then, when he tried to stand, fell back to the floor.

Medics immediately treated him and he was taken to nearby Whiston Hospital but there was good news shortly after.

"Scott is fine. He got a knock in the game and that gave him a little bit of double vision. It's not connected to what happened before and he's now waiting to get the all clear to go home," a spokesman for the club said.

Catalans later released an official statement which confirmed Dureau was in better health, but added he would undergo further tests when back in Perpigan.

"Scott suffered mild discomfort and was forced to prematurely leave team-mates this afternoon," the club said.

"He went to hospital where he underwent a number of tests. The first reviews are reassuring but he will undergo further tests on his return to France."

Dureau's coach, Laurent Frayssinous, had been unable to give little information straight after the match.

"Scott was complaining of double vision," he said.

"We took him off and we don't know how serious it is. He has gone straight to hospital. He will have come scans and tests but at this moment I don't know how he is - there is no news but fingers crossed."

After his comeback game last week, Dureau spoke of how he had feared for his life when he first found out about the illness, but felt better knowing he had the blessing of his doctor to resume his career.

"I didn't really know what my future held at first; If I would survive the next week let alone play footy again," he said, eight days ago.

"It was a scary time but I'm here now, feeling good as it's been a pretty frustrating and scary five months. It's great to be back amongst the team.

"The tumour was on the left side of my brain. The problem with my eye was that the tumour was pushing behind my eye which caused me a little bit of blurred vision.

"When I came back (from surgery) I could only participate a little in training as it was difficult to see the ball and people coming, that was frustrating and nothing I could do to make it better."

It seemed needless for Frayssinous to comment on today's game after his side played out a 32-all draw - the ninth draw of the season - but he did so regardless.

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