
IT WAS the day Kevin Sinfield "hoped would never come", as the news came from Leeds Rhinos last night that his close friend Rob Burrow had lost his battle with Motor Neurone Disease.
Together, the pair shone a light on the condition for which there is no cure, raising millions through a variety of marathons and ultra-marathons.
At the most recent, the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon, Sinfield memorably carried his former Leeds, England and Great Britain team-mate over the finishing line. Burrow was just three months shy of his 42nd birthday when he died yesterday surrounded by his family. He leaves behind his wife Lindsey - his childhood sweetheart and their three children, Jackson, Macy and Maya.
Back in 2019 when diagnosed, he had been told he had just two years to live, but exceeded such expectations, just as he did on the rugby field.
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