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Darryl Brohman. Beating cancer twice, losing his pubes and punting!

Darryl Brohman OAM is back on Chiming In just over a year since his last appearance — and in that time he's fought off non-H*dgkin's lymphoma, his second c*ncer battle after prostate c*ncer a few years earlier.

The Queensland Origin forward turned radio institution talks candidly about six rounds of chemo, losing his hair "everywhere," and the perspective he found sitting in a ward full of people going through the same thing — all delivered with the self-deprecating humour that's made him one of the game's most loved characters for the best part of 50 years.

Brohman also looks back on winning the 1984 grand final with Canterbury after a move from Penrith, coaching reserve grade for Phil Gould at the Bulldogs, receiving his OAM for services to rugby league, and the racehorse syndicate he ran with Laurie Daley and Ricky Stuart that paid off in Melbourne on Oaks Day.