Terry Newton RIP orbituary

He won the challenge cup in 1999 with Leeds and three years later with Wigan. He played 15 times for Great Britain. He upset Warrington who took him on as a schoolboy by signing for Leeds. He played in 5 Grand Finals, the last for Wigan but lost in them all, the enduring image of him at the end of this game, in tears is a reflection of what the sport meant to him. He was a controversial figure who took a massive 6 month ban for foul play whilst with Wigan against Saints. When they sold him to Bradford he was heart broken. In 2008 his younger sister died from a heroin overdose. In a bid to stall his flagging career he bought a course of human growth hormone. It was believed, at the time to be undetectable. After seeing Wigan beat Leeds to make thier first grand final since the one he played in for them, it must have been too much for the deeply emotional man. He hanged himself in the garage of his house in the Wigan suburb Orrel last saturday. In Wigan, rugby league is everything. Barrie MacDermott who he had packed down with for Leeds 1999 challenge cup victory said that this should be a lesson to all young players hoping to take a quick route to physical strength, 'It is only a game.' He was 31.