Cueto backs player heart screening

Premiership clubs should consider introducing screening for heart-related defects in players, says retiring Sale Sharks wing Mark Cueto.


Rugby league player

Danny Jones died

of a suspected cardiac arrest during a match for Keighley Cougars on Sunday.


"The majority of screening I've ever done is with England," Cueto said.

"As a club player I've never been involved in any tests around the heart.


"Maybe it's something we need to be keeping on top of at club level too.

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Cueto, who was speaking in a wide-ranging interview with BBC Sport's Katie Gornall, …

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