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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Souths rally around nathan merritt amid health battle | Mind Blowing Facts

South Sydney are rallying around club legend Nathan Merritt, who's announced he's battling cancer. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Wayne Bennett says South Sydney are rallying around Nathan Merritt after the club legend announced he was battling stage-four oesophageal and liver cancer.

Only hours before Alex Johnston broke the NRL's try-scoring record on Friday night, the Rabbitohs' previous try-scoring wizard Merritt went public with news of his twin diagnoses.

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