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Tom Coleman

Brave Nick Williams recounts what happened to him and how Wales star's mum helped him through it

Former Cardiff Rugby star Nick Williams says he's counting his blessings every day after opening up on the cardiac arrest that almost killed him.

Williams, who retired from professional rugby in 2020, collapsed in the back garden of his friend's house last September after suffering a cardiac arrest, and recalls very little of the incident that so nearly cost him his life.

Recounting that fateful day as part of Cardiff's drive to support the Wales Air Ambulance service, he said: "The day itself I don't remember. I don't remember anything of it. I trained in the morning. I took my kids to school and my wife to work.

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