FORMER Hull FC star Brett Seymour has urged people suffering from depression to seek help after being banned from the road after a drink-drive suicide attempt.
The 28-year-old felt there was no one to turn to when he hit rock bottom following a run of poor form for the Black and Whites and instead downed sleeping pills and alcohol before attempting to drive off the Humber Bridge.
Seymour yesterday pleaded guilty at Beverley Magistrates' Court to drink driving and failing to stop after he overturned his BMW after smashing into two parked cars in Hessle.
The court heard he was more then twice the drink-drive limit.
Seymour has now been banned from driving for 20 months and fined £925 for the two offences.
Speaking to the Mail outside court, Seymour said: "I would like to thank the local people from the bottom of my heart for all their support.
"It has been a great help. Both me and my wife have been overwhelmed by their messages."
Thousands of rugby fans sent messages of support to the Facebook group, Brett Seymour Get Well Soon, after his wife Roseanne revealed her husband's battle against depression.
"I have never experienced such passionate, supportive people and we are forever grateful," he said.
"I hit rock bottom and felt there was no one to turn to and no support. Anyone suffering from depression shouldn't keep it locked up inside but should seek help – there is help available."
Seymour signed for Hull FC from the New Zealand Warriors for the 2012 season as the man seen to take the team forward and solve their half-back woes. He was earning £130,000 a year.
However, Seymour admits things didn't work out on the pitch as well as he and the club had hoped and he soon found himself out of favour.
The Aussie left the club by mutual consent in April, with 18 months still to run on his contract.
At the time, the Hull FC's director of rugby, Shaun McRae, said: "Brett is at a stage where he needs to be concentrating on a number of important aspects of his life, other than rugby league. He leaves Hull FC with our best wishes for the future."
In April, Seymour underwent three weeks of treatment for depression at the Sporting Chance rehabilitation clinic, in Hampshire, set up by ex-England footballer Tony Adams.
Seymour said: "I'm feeling better and have come on leaps and bounds.
"I feel that, now the court case is over, I have turned a corner and can move forward.
"I am back in training and want to be back playing rugby league."
