The France winger Maxime Medard is confident he has recovered from swine flu after returning from a rugby Test in Australia last month.

A feverish Medard went to a hospital on Thursday on the advice of the France team's doctor, and has been taking medication to treat the H1N1 virus since.

"I'm better, I don't have any more symptoms. I'm still resting, but I'll be able to go out soon," the 22-year-old Toulouse winger told La Depeche du Midi newspaper on Sunday.

"I'm still taking (medication) until it all runs out. I'm taking all the precautions, I'm wearing a mask to protect my loved ones.

"I went on holiday in the southwest, near Avignon. And the symptoms started on Wednesday at the hotel where I was staying," he said.

"At about lunchtime on Wednesday, I started to feel bad. I went to bed. And Wednesday afternoon, I couldn't get up, even to go to the toilet. My nose was stuffed up, I had cramps in my legs, back and neck."

He alerted the hotel staff, who called for an ambulance to take him to nearby Avignon hospital.

Medard, who played on the wing in France's 22-6 defeat to Australia on June 27, hopes to resume training with his club later this month.

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