A Cumbrian forward, who last played Super League with the ill-fated Celtic Crusaders in 2011, has a new club at the age of 44.
Peter Lupton, who played for Whitehaven, Workington Town and Barrow, has joined the newly-reformed New York Knights for the upcoming domestic season in the States.
He had last played in England for Barrow – 16 times plus eight substitute appearances, in 2015 – before moving to the United States, spending time playing in the USARL with clubs like Boston 13s before a switch to US rugby union too.
He has also represented the Hawks at international level in league, as well as playing for Wales earlier in his career.
It may not be the highest standard but there are big plans for the game in the States and the Knights are back after a hiatus of several years.
They were taken on by new Super League side York Knights, who are trying to increase their profile and portfolio of clubs on the rugby league landscape.
They already own Championship team Newcastle Thunder, and now have a central say in rugby league in the Big Apple.
After a distinguished amateur career with Millom, he was signed by London Broncos at the age of 18 but only made ten appearances in the capital in three years.
He then had a brief two-game spell with Whitehaven – playing centre and loose-forward – before he was snapped up by Leeds but was unable to make a first team breakthrough.
After a brief loan spell with Hull he was quickly signed on a permanent deal and went on to play 21 games with another 27 appearances from the bench.
He then moved to Castleford Tigers where he played 55 times (2 as a sub) before the move to Celtic Crusaders, He clocked-up another 56 games for the Welsh side and was there the whole three years they were in Super League.
Lupton then spent three years with Workington Town, playing 59 times plus eight as a sub and he scored a total of 14 tries with two goals and two drop goals.
His final move for the 2015 season was to Barrow where 16 games, eight sub appearances brought him seven tries.
