Warriors star

Manu Vatuvei has brain cyst

The former New Zealand Warriors star - the team's all-time leading try scorer - has not played since 2017, leaving Salford Red Devils in Super League in 2018 after rupturing his Achilles.

Vatuvei moved into boxing but told reporters on Wednesday a scan before his first fight against David Letele in December, which he won by knockout, revealed the cyst.

"I've got a cyst in my brain, so that's been tough," Vatuvei said. "No symptoms, no nothing.