Former ACT Brumby Ita Vaea all smiles in rugby comeback from life-threatening blood clots

By Chris Dutton
Updated August 5 2014 - 10:18am, first published August 1 2014 - 4:04pm
Former Brumby Ita Vaea will make his rugby comeback on Saturday after overcoming a heart condition.  Photo: Melissa Adams
Former Brumby Ita Vaea will make his rugby comeback on Saturday after overcoming a heart condition. Photo: Melissa Adams
Ita Vaea will make his rugby comeback. Photo: Melissa Adams
Ita Vaea will make his rugby comeback. Photo: Melissa Adams

He's the trimmed down, hard-running, softly spoken Tongan No.8 who came close to having an on-field stroke – or worse.