Is this a publicity stunt?
Well it could be. The Crusaders have had a terrific off field start to Super League, with all the doom and gloom merchants being asked very kindly to leave for a few months while the club basks in its new found success.
The club which hired players with suspicious visas and upped sticks moving to Wrexham from Bridgend has become a creditable rugby club all within a few months.And now they have pulled off their biggest coup yet with the signing of Welsh rugby union legend Gareth Thomas.
The openly gay union star wants to try a proper sport before his body gives up on him. At 35, he has a big challenge ahead of him to be able to make the starting 13 on a regular basis. But at the same time, I can't help but think this is nothing more than an attempt to keep spectators at the Racecourse Ground visiting on a regualr basis. And if it is, good luck to the club, because if Thomas is no good at the sport the attendances will start to subside. The Welsh fans will want Thomas to make a success of it and if he doesn't, it could drop Crusaders into a similar situation less than six months ago with poor attendance figures and once again the club will be struggling to survive.
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