Former North Queensland NRL player Sam Faust lost his battle with leukaemia and passed away in Townsville this morning, aged 26.Faust played 24 matches for the Cowboys in 2007-08, before his football career was cut short when he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 2009.Born in Proserpine in Queensland's Whitsundays region, Faust debuted in round 10 of 2007 and played in the five straight victories to end the regular season, before featuring in the Cowboys three finals appearances that year.
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