When South Sydney icon Nathan Merritt takes a lap around Accor Stadium this weekend to celebrate the NRL’s Indigenous Round, he will do so with the awareness that he is incredibly fortunate to be alive. Merritt was rushed to the hospital and put on life support after being found unresponsive at his aunt’s house on October 6, just a week after participating in the Koori Knockout rugby league carnival. This frightening incident led to him being placed in a coma at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, initially thought to be…
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