Former England scrum-half Ben Youngs says he had heart surgery this year after collapsing during an open training session with Leicester Tigers.
Youngs had surgery after the incident at Welford Road but says he expects to be fully fit for the start of the new Premiership season in September.
Speaking on his For The Love Of Rugby podcast, which he co-hosts with Tigers team-mate Dan Cole, Youngs said: "You know when we joked around on the pod quite a while back, and we had this open training session at Leicester, and I said I was doing fitness, and basically I collapsed. "Well, not collapsed, but I had to stop and lay down as my heart was pounding away, and the rain was hitting me in the face, and I sort of rolled my head to the side and looked at all these admiring fans - 30 of them - that were all packed out in the main stand at Leicester."I've basically had a few of these episodes and I've had it my whole life. It can just kind of spontaneously happen at any stage of your life or career. And so I have had it my whole life, unknown to me.
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