Date confirmed for Rob Burrow's funeral
People are being invited to line the route in Pontefract
The family of Rob Burrow and his former rugby league Super League club Leeds Rhinos have confirmed his funeral will take place on a week on Sunday.
The 7th of July is when the side's legendary player is celebrated each year because of the iconic number 7 shirt he wore during his career.
The service will be for invited guests only with a limited capacity at Pontefract Crematorium for the service, but members of the public are invited to stand on the road side to pay their respects to Rob and the Burrow family as the funeral cortège makes its way to the service.
The cortege will travel along the A656 (Park Road) at 1pm, passing the Xscape leisure complex on their right as it travels towards the M62 junction. The cars will continue along the A639 towards Pontefract passing Pontefract Racecourse before turning onto Park Lane (B6134) near Pontefract Tanshelf train station.
The cortege will follow along Ackton Lane into Ackton before turning left onto Sewerbridge Lane and Common Side Lane (B6133) heading towards Featherstone. At the War Horse sculpture the cars will turn left, slowing for a moment at Featherstone Lions ARLFC’s ground on Wakefield Road (A645). The cortege will slow again as it passes through Featherstone and near to where Rob played his junior rugby.
The cars will continue along Pontefract Lane towards the crematorium however we would ask members of the public to leave this part of the journey so the Burrow family can have a few moments to themselves before arriving at the crematorium for the service.
Leeds City Council and the Lord Mayor of Leeds will host an invite only civic reception in honour of Rob on Friday 12th July at 11am.
This event will be live streamed with links published nearer the time.