IIRC it was only a few months or so ago didn't he lose his sister, in quite tragic circumstances? That must surely have had a big effect? And now the family have another tragedy. Hopefully seeing the support of the RL community will give them some small comfort in their grieving.

A few years ago I think, to pneumonia after she had a heroin addiction.





It's all very shocking news. You can only hope he's now found the peace that he was looking for.

deeply shocked at this news. RIP.

RIP Terry Newton you will be sadly missed

RIP Terry



Always loved to watch you play whichever team you were for but especially when you became a Bull.

A truly shocking loss!



Rip Tez, great Bulls player, who should have won more in the game, played for three of the biggest teams in club RL marked him out has a cut above your typical RL player, played with a passion that occasionly got him in trouble and probably helped get more bans than he really deserved!



Deepest condolances to his wife and kids!

Very sad news.



RIP.



Condolences to family, friends and former colleagues.

Tez if I could speak to you now I'd call you a daft git. So sad that you couldn't see any way past this even if it was just for your little girls and for the undoubted good that would have come from the many years you had ahead of you. Utterly, utterly horrendous news.



It particularly choked me watching Terry O'Connor, Barrie McDermott and Brian Carney trying to make some sense of the news, especially as Tez has only arranged to have a pint with O'Connor the previous day.

I'll never forget having a beer with Terry just days after he'd been banned at Cardiff during the Bradford vs Leeds game.



He was out in Benidorm with the wife and his child.



Great company and a player who always gave 110% out there on the field be it with Leeds, Wigan, Bradford or Wakefield.

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Such a sad loss, and my thoughts go out to the Rugby League community and Terry's family and friends.



R.I.P Terry

As I've posted on the VT my abiding memory of Terry is the times Wigan made a break centre field, you just knew that on the end of it would be Terry & Radlinski. His time at Bradford carried on the control of the game from PTB that Lowes had developed. While Lowes was spontaneous & very often made the wrong choice but got away with it, Terry was far more intelligent than his character suggested & could pick the flaw in the opposition defence as he looked around while the tackle was completed. It's the look on his face at acting half that will be my memory of him in a Bulls shirt.

I said a number of times while he was at Bradford that we'd have done a hell of a lot better if we'd had a few more players with a rugby brain who might have been on the same wavelength as Newton was, as it was he was largely wasted in the teams he played in at Odsal.

RIP Tez. a very sad loss.



My personal opinion is that the teams he played for should retire the number 9 shirt for one season in his memory.