Anthony Gelling linked with move back to the UK

Anthony Gelling has been linked with a move back to the UK – barely a year after he left midway through the 2021 Super League season.

That’s according to Twitter page Rugby League In The Know which claims that: “Leigh Centurions are working to try and bring Anthony Gelling back to the club. They have been in talks for over 2 days now as Gelling is looking for a club for the 2022 season so he can gain a place in the Cook Islands RLWC squad. Nothing agreed yet. Confident talks ongoing.”

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The South Sea Islander left Leigh Centurions back in June 2021 after he was cleared of GBH following a trial against his ex-wife and returned to his home back in Auckland, New Zealand.

Leigh Centurions owner Derek Beaumont said at the time of Gelling’s departure: “I would like to personally thank Anthony on behalf of everyone at the club for the fantastic job he has done.

“To have come to England under the circumstances he did and to have ripped in and applied himself in the manner evident in his performances speaks volumes for him.

“It was clearly a difficult time for him whilst he was here, yet he was outstanding in everything he did and extremely committed to the club, the coaching staff and his teammates.”

Gelling first came to the UK shores with the Wigan Warriors in 2011, playing 115 games over a period of six seasons before leaving for the New Zealand Warriors at the end of the 2017 Super League season.

The three-quarter returned to England with the Widnes Vikings where he played 18 times and then the Warrington Wolves in 2020 where he registered 13 appearances.

A short spell at Leigh – with six games under his belt – ended midway through 2021 as Gelling left to return home following the end of his trial.