Former Australian rugby league front-rower Sam Backo is in a essential situation after struggling a coronary heart assault on Saturday.
The 62-year-old, who performed for Canberra and Brisbane between 1983 and 1990, stays in a Cairns hospital.
The Raiders issued an announcement on Sunday on the household’s behalf.
“Sam had a coronary heart assault yesterday morning and at this stage stays in a essential situation,” the assertion learn, including the household wished for privateness.
Backo, who performed 114 video games for the Raiders and 20 for the Broncos, was named within the Indigenous Australian staff of the century.
He created historical past by turning into the primary Australian ahead to attain tries in all three Exams of an Ashes sequence in 1988.
Often known as ‘Slammin Sam’, Backo additionally made seven appearances for Queensland in State of Origin.
He was pressured into retirement in 1990 by a knee harm.
-AAP
