{"id":808848,"date":"2026-10-20T18:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808848\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:10:08","slug":"6-ex-super-league-stars-released-by-rfl-championship-big-hitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808848\/","title":{"rendered":"6 ex-Super League stars released by RFL Championship big hitters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beaten Championship Grand Finalists Doncaster<\/a> have released six former Super League stars: with Chief Executive Carl Hall making clear their plans to earn promotion in 2027.<\/p>\n

At the end of only their third season back in the Championship, having finished fourth in the regular season, the Dons made it into this year\u2019s second tier showpiece.<\/p>\n

Jason Demetriou\u2019s all-conquering London Broncos side toppled them at Plough Lane in that Grand Final, but Richard Horne\u2019s men earned plenty of admirers.<\/p>\n

And with the club having previously made no secret of their desire to reach the top-flight, chief Hall has now publicly revealed their big goal of winning promotion next season \u2013 however that may come \u2013 as the Dons\u2019 released list was confirmed.<\/p>\n

Doncaster release 6 former Super League stars as 2027 promotion goal made clear<\/p>\n

All six of the players released by Doncaster ahead of 2027 have Super League appearances to their name.<\/p>\n

Released sextet Bureta Faraimo, Loui McConnell, Pauli Pauli, Alex Sutcliffe, Andre Savelio and Gadwin Springer have over 370 top-flight games under their belt in the British game.<\/p>\n

Utility McConnell, who will turn 27 next month, is responsible for two of those having featured twice off the bench in Super League for Leeds Rhinos back in 2020.<\/p>\n

Seven-time France international Springer played ten games for Doncaster in the season just gone, while 12-time United States international Faraimo departs having made 43 appearances for the Championship club since his debut back in 2023.<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe made his 50th and last appearance for the Dons as they were beaten in the Grand Final at London earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Having spent part of 2026 on loan at fellow Championship side Goole Vikings, Savelio meanwhile wore a Doncaster shirt just twice, with both of those appearances made last season.<\/p>\n

Fellow Combined Nations All Stars representatives Pauli grabbed 21 tries in his 60 appearances for Horne\u2019s side, and has already seen his next move announced<\/a>, joining Dewsbury Rams ahead of 2027.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Doncaster have also bid farewell to retiring trio Luke Briscoe, Reece Lyne and Connor Robinson in their press release.<\/p>\n

All three men hanging up their boots have Super League experience, with Lyne a three-time England international and Briscoe bowing out with 274 professional career appearances to his name.<\/p>\n

Stalwart half-back Robinson smashed the world record for consecutive successful goal kicks earlier this year, with his streak of 52 perfect attempts from the tee unlikely to be beaten anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s been a wonderful year for us, and the plan now is to reach Super League next year\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank every player leaving the club for what they have given during their time here. Each of them leaves this club in a better place than they found it, and that is all we ask.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan was to finish in the top four in 2026 and the top two in 2027. We\u2019ve jumped a year and finished in the top two. Three years ago, we were in League One, and this year we reached the Championship final.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a wonderful year for us, and the plan now is to reach Super League next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese players all wanted to leave us going up. They have left us very close, and now we need to do the rest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat will be our motivation going forward, as we continue the good work they started. The boys we sign will take us to the next level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish them the best of luck for the future and every success in the next chapter of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beaten Championship Grand Finalists Doncaster have released six former Super League stars: with Chief Executive Carl Hall making…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-808848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}