(Reuters) - All Blacks scrumhalf Piri Weepu was reduced to tears after discovering he had suffered a minor stroke while playing for the Auckland Blues earlier this year.
The 30-year-old had surgery to repair a small hole in his heart after scans in late March revealed he had been playing through the symptoms of a stroke for three weeks.
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