Ryan McGoldrick's cheeky online auction attempt fails

Former Castleford and Salford player Ryan McGoldrick has failed in his attempt to auction himself off to the highest bidder on eBay after the website removed his listing.

The 35-year-old Australian recently found himself without a club when a team he signed for in New South Wales folded.

McGoldrick decided to sell himself on eBay earlier this week under the listing "1981 Antique Rugby League Player Ryan McGoldrick", stating his condition as being "only surface scratches and rust".

So eBay has stopped my auction because I'm selling body parts or remains? I'll just find another way!

The auction had attracted a highest bid of £215 by the time the website took it down on Wednesday because his listing "goes against their terms of selling body parts and remains".

"So @eBay--UK has stopped my auction because I'm selling body parts or remains? I'll just find another way! :)," McGoldrick wrote on Twitter.

In response to one bidder, who wanted to bring him back to England and loan him out to a club, McGoldrick tweeted: "Just remember postage is at buyers expense ;)".

McGoldrick later amended the listing, advertising his playing boots for hire, saying: "Because the boots are quite old and a little smelly as a reward and probably for the safety of the winning bidder I will offer to wear them free of charge."

McGoldrick spent seven years in England, making over 150 appearances, the bulk of which came with Castleford, after originally playing for NRL side Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.