Kris Welham looks back on 20-year career of highs and lows

[Total Rugby League]

Kris Welham’s achievements in rugby league eclipsed his own expectations and having hung up his boots, he reflects fondly on his career ahead of a...

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[marklaspalmas]

This is behind the paywall, but I assume his career "high" was playing for Fev in 2021?

[Max_Power]

After leaving Salford, Welham spent the 2021 season with Featherstone Rovers – another club now hit with financial problems. Rovers were plunged into administration a week before the 2026 Championship season kicked off, and since then Halifax Panthers have gone into liquidation and Barrow Raiders have appealed for help fearing cashflow problems caused by having just one scheduled home game between February and May.

With such problems affecting three of the clubs Welham has been involved with over his career, he has warned lessons need to be learned to prevent it from becoming commonplace across the sport.

“It was a shock to see what happened to Featherstone,” added Welham.

“Fev is a real rugby league town but the writing has been on the wall for a while, after going for broke with the ambition to make it into Super League. That probably wasn’t the best business model, but the sport across all levels are struggling financially post covid.

“If it can happen to a club and community like Featherstone, it should prove as a lesson to the game overall.”