Geoff Burrow to present the first Rob Burrow Award
The player of the match in tomorrow's rugby league Super League Grand Final will be the first to get the Rob Burrow Award.
The player of the match in tomorrow's rugby league Super League Grand Final will be the first to get the Rob Burrow Award.
The trophy will be presented by Burrow's dad, Geoff, in memory of the former Leeds Rhinos player - who died earlier this year after his battle with motor neurone disease.
This year's Grand Final sees defending champions Wigan take on Hull KR
Rhodri Jones, the managing director of RL Commercial, said:
“Saturday’s Grand Final will be a special occasion for so many reasons – and as with the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley days after Rob’s death in June, it is another opportunity for us to remember him, and to celebrate his contribution to Rugby League.
“He was thrilled when we told him last winter that the player of the match at the Grand Final would win the Rob Burrow Award, and we are honoured that his father has agreed to present the new trophy to the first winner – with Lindsey and the children also in attendance.
“It was important to us to respect the winners and history of the Harry Sunderland Trophy, and we have done that in the new trophy we commissioned from Fattorini, whose long history in Rugby League dates back to the original Challenge Cup – with the names of the Harry Sunderland winners engraved around the lower of two bases. We are pleased that so many of the winners will be at Old Trafford on Saturday, or represented by family members.”