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Man diagnosed with kidney cancer after attributing back pain to rugby

Mirror · Health

Published 23 Sep 2026, 08:40 BST · Updated 23 Sep 2026, 10:56 BST

Rob Houliston, 41, from Sussex initially dismissed his back pain as a rugby injury.
Houliston was subsequently diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma.
Doctors have given Houliston four years to live.

'I thought my back pain was from 33 years of playing rugby - but doctors have given me four years to live' — Photo: Mirror / source, © Mirror.

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