Batley Bulldogs star Brandon Moore has been found safely, the wife of the Batley Bulldogs star has confirmed. The 28-year-old, who is originally from Maryport in Cumbria, lives in Castleford in West Yorkshire and the couple have three children.
His wife Mara had taken to social media in the hope of finding her husband after he had been missing since Friday afternoon. Police had been contacted in the quest for find the former Super League star
"If anyone has seen Brandon Moore can you please message me?" she wrote on Facebook. "I usually wouldn’t ever post anything on here like this, but family and friends haven’t seen or heard of him and hoping maybe someone’s seen sightings of him and can message me?
"I have a 7 week old baby at home and 2 others so I can’t go hunting myself other than a car ride. Police contacted. Been missing approx 14 hours now. Thank you."
At 6pm on Saturday night, the desperate post has been shared over 2,400 times, while there are 55 comments from concerned followers.
In an update later in the evening, Mara said: “Brandon Moore is finally safe and found by dad and friends.
“Thank you to everyone that shared, we actually found him through the power of Facebook which is crazy. Otherwise we wouldn’t have found him. So thank you to everyone that’s helped me!!”
Moore had been supposed to be at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium for Batley's Championship match against table-topping French club Toulouse Olympique on Saturday.
The hooker was named in the squad, but did not show up for the match, which the home side, who sit 11th in the Championship, ended up losing 30-14.
He joined the club last year after spending eight years at Halifax Panthers, captaining them to an 1895 Cup final win in 2023.
Moore previously spoke of his connection with Halifax, telling Yorkshire Live: "Along the years I’ve met some top blokes who’ve made my time at the club and I’ve made some special bonds that are life long.
"Even though I’m not a Halifax lad, I always knew how much rugby league meant to the town and it was always an honour to captain the side."