Following the injury to Mose Masoe one year ago during Hull KR's friendly with Wakefield Trinity, Mose has wowed people with social media pictures and videos of his recovery from a spinal injury that initially left him paralysed.

But behind the bravery, there is concern. Bills need paying, mouths – including new baby Lui - need feeding, the future beyond 2021 looks bleak.

Because he is not a UK citizen, there is no Personal Independence Payment for him or Carer’s Allowance for wife Carissa.

Once his Hull KR contract ends this year at the end of 2021, the couple and their three children are likely to return to Australia – because he is a New Zealand citizen, he is not eligible for benefits there either.

And after learning his insurance payout will be a maximum of £50,000, which may be eaten up by the flight home, and with no future income assured, fund raising efforts for the big man are restarting now!

Hull KR head coach said: "At the end of the year, he’s out of contract, out of visa, with no training other than rugby league and no dexterity in his hands. Mose’s not sure how he’s going to provide for his family in the future, if he’s ever going to be able too. He may well have already peaked in his recovery.

We thought he’s just going to progress and everything’s going to be rosy. Well it isn’t. So we are grouping to help give him some options for what happens next.”

The club's Community Trust have set-up a page in conjunction with the RFL Benevolent Fund to support Mose.

Links: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-league/54226030

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/13715220/mose-masoe-reveals-fears-for-his-future-a-year-after-career-ending-spinal-injury/

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