New pictures of Rugby League hunk Kris Smith pulling a pint with his shirt off as well as well as posing with female fans with little but a bow-tie have emerged days after it was revealed that he is dating X Factor judge Dannii Minogue.

The 30-year-old ex Leeds star's remarkable physique is on display in the snaps, which were taken when he attended a Ladies night while he played for Manchester-based club Swinton Lions, leaving little doubt as to Minogue sees in her new man.

What a hunk: Dannii Minogue has revealed she is dating Rugby League hunk Kris Smith, pictured posing for a charity calendar, in her magazine column

In her Closer magazine column this week, the X Factor judge revealed: 'Rumours are flying about my new-found interest in the Rugby League, and the papers say I’m dating an ex Leeds player…Hmm what can I tell you?

'Well, I currently don’t know anything about the game, but there’s a good reason to start learning!

Beefcake: Dannii Minogue's new boyfriend Kris Smith poses with fans during a a ladies night with his teammates

'Let’s put it this way, Cupid had asked for his arrow back! I’m not one to reveal much about my love life, but I’m a happy girl,' she added.

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The rugby hunk show off his remarkable physique

Minogue, 36,  is said to have met the Smith while holidaying in Ibiza.

‘He can't believe his luck and has been showing off intimate photos of him and Dannii together on dates, one even shows her in a skimpy red bikini,' The Sun quoted a pal as saying.

‘Kris is a big lad who's in great shape physically, but he's just been bowled over by Dannii's interest in him. He wants to make it work.’

Minogue was previously married to Nip/Tuck star Julian McMahon.

She recently revealed that, although she is happily single, she’d give everything up for ‘the right man.’

'It's very difficult to ask any guy to compete with the kind of schedule that is required to really do this kind of career.

'So I don't have the highest hopes of ever being in a relationship,’ she told Cosmopolitan magazine.

'I'm just a normal girl with feelings who likes cuddles. I don't want to be alone.

'There are some people out there who say, "I want a man in my life," but I am happy with my life.'

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