The Mole: Dragons legend in health scare, no show at club trial prompts concern

Dragons chairman and club legend Brian Johnston has been rushed to hospital after collapsing in his home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Johnston is undergoing a series of tests, with doctors still unsure what caused his problem.

A popular figure who played over 150 games in the centres in the Big Red V and represented New South Wales and Australia, Johnston is a life member of the Dragons and a favourite son.

The 59-year-old joined the club from the country town of Dunedoo as an unknown teenager in 1980 and has been a one-club man for the past four decades.

He captained the club in his final season in 1989 before retiring due to injury.

Johnston was a notable absentee from the club’s trial hit-out against English club Hull FC last night as a result of his mystery illness.