00:00 Nathan Merritt in life-threatening incident as fans rally around Rabidows great
00:04 Rabidows great Nathan Merritt is fighting for his life in hospital after collapsing on Friday
00:09 when visiting a family member. The Daily Telegraph first reported Merritt collapsed
00:15 when staying at his auntie's house on Friday. Which saw him rushed to hospital, the former
00:21 NRL winger is in serious condition on life support as he fights for his life.
00:26 The 40-year-old played 200 games for the Rabidows and scored 146 tries for the club.
00:31 Merritt was one of the best wingers in the game having topped the try scoring charts on three
00:37 occasions across his career in the NRL. The winger became just the ninth player in history to score
00:43 more than 150 tries and earned a number of representative call-ups. Merritt featured and
00:49 scored two tries for the indigenous all-stars team and played one state of origin game for
00:53 New South Wales in 2013. Merritt retired from the sport in 2014. The year in which the Rabidows
01:02 broke their 43-year wait for an NRL premiership, the NRL world was quick to rally around the
01:07 popular winger after the heartbreaking news.
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