Former Great Britain international Des Drummond, who made his name playing for Leigh in the 1980s, has joined the coaching set-up at Leigh East ARLFC.

The former winger, who finished runner-up in the 1983 final of the popular BBC show Superstars, was so impressed to hear about the club's new facilities down at the Leigh Sports Village he agreed to pass on his experience to the next generation of local sports stars.

East coach Phil Johnson, who played with Drummond at Leigh, said: "I met Des at a sportsman's dinner and told him all about what's happening at the club with the new facilities and how we are really taking off.

"There's a great atmosphere at the club at the moment and Des is really up for it."

Leigh East are going from strength-to-strength and membership has risen by around 25 per cent since the club moved to their state-of-the-art new set up.

They now have such an abundance of players, they plan to open a third team next season.

Drummond will join the club as a conditioning coach and will be presenting awards to the players at a ceremony on Friday June 13.

The 49-year-old was renowned for his toughness and blinding pace, and held the record for the sprint event on Superstars.

He played for Leigh until 1987 when he left to join Warrington and also won 24 caps for Great Britain.

Des, who lives in Bolton, said: "I just want to fit in to the club wherever I can and it's great to be back with a team in the town where I started my career.

"I'm just hoping to get back on the scene and pass on a bit of experience and know-how to the up-and-coming lads.

"Hopefully, I'll get to work with the lads during the pre-season."