“I think there’s been interest for a while and actually they maybe had to move quicker than they wanted to because of the situation the club was in,” former player Irwin, who was chief commercial officer at Exeter City FC, added.
“It’s taken a while because you need to acquire the club first, then they find out if they’re fit and proper persons from the RFL,” chief executive Irwin said.
“I think it could’ve been easier if the RFL met the owners prior to the paperwork for the club being signed, rather than wait for that and then starting that process.
For now, though, just being able to field Rowley’s first team squad and seeing the club financially secure long-term for the first time in a long time is enough.
The full first team can face Leeds as the man now leading the club detailed what everyone involved had gone through.
