Early Life
Betts attended Clarendon High School and has a younger brother, Darren Betts - also a talented rugby and football Player who played for Salford City Reds in the 1990s. Denis was also a former Manchester United youth team player and was featured in an Inside United article in 2008 about former United players who went on to succeed in other sports.
Betts signed for Wigan from Leigh Miners ARL (also known as Leigh Rangers) on 14 October 1986.
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