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Darren Walton

EXPLAINED: Michael hooper opens up on mental demons | Vintage Vibes

Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has spoken for the first time about his mental health break. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

He's Australia's longest-serving Wallabies captain and only four-time player of the year but Michael Hooper is offering no promises ahead of his impending return from a near-three-month mental health break.

Speaking for the first time since dramatically exiting the Wallabies camp on the eve of Australia's opening Rugby Championship fixture against the Pumas in early August, Hooper revealed he'd sought "all types" of help from family, friends, sports therapists and professional counsellors.

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