LEEDS assistant coach Chev Walker must have felt a worrying deja vu moment when Rhinos star Zane Tetevano collapsed at training.
The Super League club has revealed their New Zealand forward suffered a stroke recently, caused by a hole in the heart which now requires surgery.
But, remarkably, Tetevano, 32, hopes to return to action by the end of the season.
And ex-Great Britain centre Walker knows first hand that players can make a full recovery from heart surgeries.
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