Quins ace is battle-ready after fighting for his life

By NEALE HARVEY

Ordeal over: Demetri Catrakilis in action against Newcastle
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Close call: Catrakilis is carried off in September

HARLEQUINS fly-half Demetri Catrakilis has revealed how close he came to dying in the immediate aftermath of an early season injury.
Catrakilis, 28, made a welcome return to action against Newcastle last week – six months after the horror clash with Gloucester centre Andy Symons in September that fractured a bone in his throat and left him unable to breathe until medics came to his rescue.
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