Former Newcastle NRL halfback Scott Dureau has had another health scare while playing for the Catalans Dragons in the English Super League.

Dureau became distressed while lining up a 60th-minute penalty in the Dragons’ 32-all draw with Widnes after complaining of double vision – the symptom which led to him discovering he had a brain tumour last September.

He sat on the ground when he was unable to see the target of the posts and then, when he tried to stand, fell back to the floor.

Medics immediately treated him and he was taken to a nearby hospital but there was later some good news.

“Scott is fine. He got a knock in the game and that gave him a little bit of double vision. It’s not connected to what happened before and he’s now waiting to get the all clear to go home,” a Catalans spokesman said.

It was only Dureau’s second match back after discovering the brain tumour.

After his comeback game last week, Dureau spoke of how he had feared for his life when he first found out about the illness, but felt better knowing he had the blessing of his doctor to resume his career.

“I didn’t really know what my future held at first; If I would survive the next week let alone play footy again,” he said.

“It was a scary time but I’m here now, feeling good as it’s been a pretty frustrating and scary five months. It’s great to be back amongst the team.

“The tumour was on the left side of my brain. The problem with my eye was that the tumour was pushing behind my eye which caused me a little bit of blurred vision.

“When I came back (from surgery) I could only participate a little in training as it was difficult to see the ball and people coming, that was frustrating and nothing I could do to make it better.”