Former All Blacks among New Zealand sport's cancer survivorsPHIL WALTER/GETTY IMAGES Aaron Cruden has been playing elite rugby for a decade since surviving testicular cancer. Prostate cancer survivor Wayne Smith is the latest in a line of New Zealand sporting figures who have tackled and beaten cancer. READ MORE:* Wayne Smith's cancer fight* How Smithy has saved lives* From cancer to captaincy"It's tough but I'm not dying from cancer, I'm living with cancer," he told NZME. Sport has also produced other high-profile cancer survivors, including three of Wayne Smith's fellow former All Blacks. AFP VIA NEWS LTD New Zealander Tony Marsh, right, played rugby for France before and after testicular cancer treatment in 2003.

Source: Stuff January 06, 2018 23:55 UTC