Former Wales and British Lions rugby union captain Gareth Thomas has delayed his retreat from rugby league after extending his compact with Super League outfit Crusaders by one year.
The 36-year-old Thomas, one of sports' high-profile gay men, had been widely expected to flow up his boots at the end of the current campaign.
But he said he was still blossoming as a league player after switching codes in March 2010 on the support of an union career in which he won 100 caps.
