Wales flanker Dan Lydiate

Lydiate, the bionic man, set to return

OSPREYS flanker Dan Lydiate will break all known medical records with the latest in a series of incredible comebacks without precedent in Test rugby.
The ‘unbeatable’ Welshman keeps getting himself back in one piece no matter how many shattering blows, surviving a broken neck, a broken leg and three reconstructions of both knees.
Now, at 34, rugby’s nearest bionic version of The Six Million Dollar Man will put his body on the line for the ultimate physical challenge – three Tests against the Springboks in July.
Lydiate’s ‘brutal’ case history has taken a savage chunk of almost five years out...

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