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Pneumonia kept Bulldog Faitala-Mariner in bed for month

Bulldogs forward Raymond Faitala-Mariner has enjoyed his NRL return after a bout of pneumonia. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Canterbury veteran Raymond Faitala-Mariner has revealed he spent a month bed-ridden and lost six kilograms fighting a particularly bad case of pneumonia earlier this season.

When the forward caught the flu ahead of round 12 in May, the Bulldogs expected him to bounce back and return to the field imminently.

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