going to play with professional adults in a gladiatorial game like rugby league. he rewrote the rules about what a rugby league player should look like. shortly after retirement, rob discovered he had motor neurone disease. i suppose you have your good days, bad days, but. yeah. he found strength in his new team mates, doddie weir and stephen darby. all three men had been diagnosed with mnd and were determined to raise awareness together. i m not giving in till my last breath. i ve too many reasons to live. rob s aim was to to be a voice, to raise that awareness for other people that were suffering and going through this. you know, this has never been about rob. this is about raising awareness for other people that have this horrible, horrible disease. first, when rob was diagnosed, i was the one that would break down in tears and rob would be,
but not long into retirement, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. it was a condition he faced with incredible positivity. i m not giving in till my last breath. you know, i have too many reasons to live. the love he had for his family and the love they had for him shone through as rob made his private battle a public one, to help raise awareness of mnd. rob s aim was to be a voice, to raise awareness for other people that were suffering and going through this. first, when rob was diagnosed, i was the one that would break down in tears, and rob would be, you know, pull yourself together, lindsey. we can get through this. the wider rugby league family also united behind him to raise funds for research into a condition that has no cure and no treatment. who s got the most. tries out of you two? 0h, him by a long way. laughter i think he knows that as well.
and former team mate kevin sinfield have raised millions of pounds for mnd charities. sally nugent reports. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of the odds. as the smallest player in a giant s game, he was world class. burrow! seventh try. absolute legend. pound for pound, probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy who s played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. born on the 26th of september 1982 and raised in the rugby league heartland of west yorkshire, it was obvious at an early age that rob wanted to be a professional in the sport he loved. they always used to say, oh, he s good, that rob, but he s never going to make it cos he s not big enough. after signing for leeds rhinos as a teenager, he went on to become one of their greatest.
who played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. born on the 26th of september, 1982 and raised in the rugby league heartland of west yorkshire, it was obvious at an early age that rob wanted to be a professional in the sport he loved. they always used to say, oh, he s good, is that rob, but he s never going to make it because he s not big enough. after signing for leeds rhinos as a teenager, he went on to become one of their greatest. but not long into retirement, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. it was a condition he faced with incredible positivity. i m not giving in till my last breath. you know, i have too many reasons to live. the love he had for his family and the love they had for him shone through as rob made his private
battle a public one to help raise awareness of mnd. rob s aim was to be a voice, to raise that awareness for other people that were suffering and going through this. first, when rob was diagnosed, i was the one that would break down in tears and rob would be, you know, pull yourself together, lindsey, we can get through this. the wider rugby league family also united behind him to raise funds for research into a condition that has no cure and no treatment. who s got the most. tries out of you two? 0h, him bya long way. i think he knows that as well. is he laughing? yeah, he is. hopefully through the campaigning we have done, we have helped to make people aware of mnd and to give people and families affected by the disease some hope. we have to keep raising funds to fight this disease until we have a cure. rob burrow overcame so many challenges on and off the field. he will always be remembered