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Fighting talk from talented Mr Ripley

He�s been a rugby hero, athlete, Cambridge graduate and author, so Andy Ripley is tough enough to take on prostate cancer, finds Abigail Wild .

ABIGAIL WILD

At the end of Andy Ripley's new book about his experiences of prostate cancer, he announces: "I'm back." He appears to have no symptoms or side-effects from the seven weeks of radiotherapy, he writes.