Ray Price continues his fight against melanoma after beating the cancer with charity golf day

Ray Price may have beaten melanoma, but the Parramatta legends battle against the cancer doesn’t stop there. Find out more.

Parramatta legend Ray Price has opened up on his and his wife's diagnoses and subsequent victory over melanoma ahead of his charity golf day at Royal Pines, in conjunction with the Melanoma Institute. Picture: Supplied

Ray Price may have beaten melanoma, but his battle against the cancer doesn’t stop there.

The Parramatta Eels legend and dual code international’s inspirational Ray Price Invitational Charity Golf Day is back for a third year at RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast.

This year’s event is partnered with Melanoma Institute Australia, whom Ray and his wife Sandy are both ambassadors for, to advocate for melanoma awareness and research.

“My wife and I both had melanoma, so we thought, while we can, we’ll fight it and see how we go,” Price said.

“We ended up fighting it and we’ve beaten it. It took us three years but it was three years and we were cured.”

The pair were diagnosed within 18 months of each other, with Sandy miraculously overcoming stage 4 of the cancer.

“You don’t beat that, she has,” Ray said proudly of his wife’s fight, while joking: “I only had a little pissy stage three”.

“We didn’t know until we started fighting it, then it came within that year, we only had to fight it for a year, we were lucky.”

It was the dogged determination displayed in his that helped Ray fight the cancer.

Ray Price and his wife Sandy. Pics Adam Head.

“Nothing ever beats me, I don’t let anything beat me,” he said.

“There was no way in the world this thing was going to beat me.”

The Dally M medallist and four-time premiership player reiterated the importance of getting checked, and recalled how sunscreen used to be scarce despite days spent on the building site under its glare.

“You’ve got to have a check, you’re more of a chance of beating it,” Ray said.

“If you don’t have a check then two months later you can’t beat it, and let me tell you, you want to beat this stuff.

“If you don’t get the test, how the hell are you going to beat it?”

Last year’s golf day had the likes of Peter Sterling and Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin in attendance, and all money raised will be donated to the Melanoma Institute.

Participants will have the opportunity to win incredible prizes, including a Lexus NX350h Luxury Wagon, signed Eels memorabilia, and high-end golf equipment, while a unique “reapply sunscreen hole” will serve as a reminder of the importance of sun protection throughout the day.

The event will be held on Monday, March 17. Tickets cost $169 and are available on Eventbrite under ‘Ray Price Invitational Charity Golf Day’.

Originally published as Ray Price continues his fight against melanoma after beating the cancer with charity golf day