FORMER Great Britain rugby league player Terry Newton has been found dead at his home near Wigan.

Newton, 31, who was seven months into a two-year drugs ban, had left a message on his Facebook page in the early hours of the morning stating "Luv U all but it's end time", The Guardian reported.

Terry Newton in 2008. Credit:Getty Images

Police were called to his house in Orrell, on the outskirts of Wigan, shortly after 2pm on Sunday.

They found his body in the garage where, in the past, he had injected himself with human growth hormone and where he had hidden 20 syringes from his wife and two young daughters.