LEIGH Leopards player Keanan Brand has entered the Love Island villa.
It was revealed last night that the 24-year-old had travelled to South Africa to take part in the hit ITV2 show and he made his first appearance at the end of Thursday night’s episode.
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Brand becomes the second professional rugby league player to feature in the show in the space of a year, with former Castleford Tigers hooker Jacques O’Neill entering the villa last summer.
🚨 Double bombshell allert! 🚨
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) February 23, 2023
Rosie and Keanan are ready to turn some heads #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/HlGERuShpC
Brand, formerly of Widnes Vikings and Warrington Wolves, he joined Leigh in 2021, and has featured in a relegation from and a promotion back to Super League in his two full seasons at Leigh Sports Village.
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