Bryn Hargreaves: Private investigator begins hunt for missing rugby league player

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A private investigator has begun the search for missing ex-rugby league player Bryn Hargreaves in the United States amid fears from his family that potential criminality could be behind his mysterious disappearance. open image in gallery Bryn Hargreaves played for Wigan, St Helens and Bradford “So you start to think of the other possibility, that he didn’t plan to go missing and that someone has had some input, through abduction or something along those lines. And on the night of his disappearance, he had ordered a couple of bottles of gin from a mail order firm to be delivered in the next day or two.” Bryn’s mother Maria and younger brother David, 34, went to America earlier in the year to help search for him but the saga is taking a heavy toll on the family. “If we can get 30,000 rugby league fans giving a quid each, we’ve got all the funds we need to make it happen,” Gareth added.