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Fan aiming to turn heroic Gale into Messiah tattoo

- DAVE CRAVEN

HE HAS terrorised them for years - but Luke Gale is now being heralded the new Messiah by joyous Wakefield fans.

And one Trinity supporter has vowed to have a tattoo of the ex-England scrum-half depicted as Jesus if he helps save them from relegation.

In only his second game for the club, Gale helped mastermind Friday's brilliant 32-6 win over Salford which has breathed life into their bid to avoid the drop.

Having starred for arch-rivals Castleford for years and also captained their other big foes Leeds, it was surreal for him to see them chanting his name and asking for selfies afterwards.

But things got more bizarre for the 35-year-old when a fan retweeted the mocked-up image and declared he would get it inked for real if he got 1,000 likes and bottom-placed Trinity gained Super League safety.

In his first interview since joining the club from part-timers Keighley in May, Gale said: "It is genius. And I've tweeted him to say I'm going to hold him to it.