never heard of him till I saw this.

Clearly SL chairmen have been missing a trick then.

Instead of paying good money for young, athletic lads who have played RL since the age of 7 they could have been populating their squads with superannuated RU players.

As a publicity stunt it may have some merit. As a playing gambit it's a non-starter.

he'll certainly put bums on seats.......................

You’re right in that any other club trying it (other then Quins when Wilkinson is 35), it would be a waste of time and not boost the profile of the club one bit, but this is a new club needing all the exposure it can generate.

Indeed, my club would never sign someone who couldn't play the game as a cheap publicity stunt 12.45751953125:5