the prince of wales described him as a legend of rugby league who had a huge heart . sally nugent, looks back at his life. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of the odds. as the smallest player in a giants game, he was world class. absolute legend. pound for pound, probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy who played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. 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
that were supporting, will deal with it, just as we did every other day of our lives. nerves. i was just extraordinarily nervous about it. you know, he will be going to meet? we walked into the miners welfare | hall on that very first engagement. zznd. - 27 ofus so we were damn conspicuous. and so when we walked into that miners welfare hall, crowded with people, these queers walked in and the home ten of the conversation dropped. and they were all the smiles and your heartjust swings dumb things and you think what we do in? what have we done? we knew it was about our