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Matthew Southcombe

Aussie star James O'Connor's team-mates thought he'd died during seizure on a bus as he opens up on drink and drugs

Australian rugby star James O'Connor has revealed team-mates feared for his life when he suffered a seizure on the team bus following a victory in France.

The Wallabies playmaker has had a chequered career, that has seen him dropped from the squad following an incident at Perth airport in 2013 and jailed in 2017. Happily, now 31, O'Connor managed to turn things around and was back in the Wallabies' side for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

But in a revealing interview with RugbyPass, O'Connor has discussed how bad things got for him, particularly during his time at Toulon between 2014 and 2017.

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