Former Knight Scott Dureau back in training after tumour scare BACK at training: Scott Dureau during his time with the Knights. He spent a long period in hospital with a tumour. Source: The Sunday Telegraph FORMER Knight Scott Dureau is back in full training this week, five months late but grateful simply to be back in rugby league after at one time fearing for his life. The Catalan Dragons' Australian halfback went for an eye test in December, worrying he was in need of glasses, and ended up being rushed into hospital with a tumour. Within four days he was having surgery and was at his wit's end wondering if he would even come out of hospital. Last week, the 26-year-old Dureau was given the news he never dared to dream about, that the latest scans showed he was clear to resume his career, and he was able to relax and talk freely over his health scare. "I definitely feared for my life initially and then for my career after that," he said. I probably didn't feel comfortable until I met with the actual surgeon, Dr Charlie Teo, on the first of January. He operated the next day and he was 100 per cent confident that he could remove the tumour and that I could go back to leading a full life playing rugby. Thankfully now everything has turned out really well. I've got a full bill of health and I can be back on the field soon. Dureau, who made a big impression in his first two seasons in Perpignan and was named in the Super League Dream Team both years, returned to France in early March but was unable to take a full part in training until now. He will gradually build up his fitness and hopes to be pulling on the red and gold of the Catalans in either late May or early June. Dureau will be monitored by doctors at regular intervals to ensure that the tumour does not return. We'll keep an eye on things and every 12 months have a scan to make sure that everything's alright. At this stage it all looks promising so I couldn't be happier.