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Merritt back speaking, able to get out of bed

NRL great Nathan Merritt is making progress in hospital after collapsing earlier this month. (Renee McKay/AAP PHOTOS)

South Sydney great Nathan Merritt is back talking, sitting up and getting out of bed, two-and-a-half weeks after collapsing and being placed on life support.

Merritt was rushed to hospital and placed on life support when he was found unresponsive in his aunt's home on October 6.

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