THE family of Rob Burrow have said "his strength is keeping us going" as they attended an emotional groundbreaking ceremony for the Motor Neurone Disease centre bearing his name, one day after his death was announced.
Ex-rugby league player Burrow died at the age of 41, after a four-and-a-halfyear battle with the incurable illness.
In Leeds yesterday, the groundbreaking of the Rob Burrow Centre for MND at Seacroft Hospital went ahead as planned at Burrow's request, with his family saying he "would be looking down and smiling".
The former Leeds Rhinos player's close friend and former team-mate Kevin Sinfield attended the ceremony, along with Burrow's parents Geoff and Irene Burrow, and his sisters Joanne Hartshorn and Claire Burnett.
Geoff Burrow wiped away a tear as a minute's silence was held in his son's memory, before being one of six people to put the first spades in the ground on the site.
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