Leeds Rhinos will pay tribute to Rob Burrow at their first home game since his death
Today is also global MND Awareness Day
Last updated 21st Jun 2024
Leeds Rhinos will pay tribute to Rob Burrow today at Headingley.
It is the clubs first home game since Rob's death earlier this month and coincides with global MND Awareness Day.
Rob's family will be in attendance and Leeds will wear a specially-designed kit.
The special kit for the game, which was designed by Cath Muir, who was diagnosed with MND in 2014, features an image of Burrow with his friend Kevin Sinfield, and a portion of the profit from each shirt sold will be donated to the Leeds Hospitals Charity appeal to build the Rob Burrow Centre for MND.
A host of former team-mates will be present including Danny Buderus, current general manager of football for Newcastle Knights in Australia's NRL, who flew in on Wednesday and will return Down Under on Saturday, plus Ali Lauitiiti and Andrew Dunemann.
Leeds chief executive Gary Hetherington said: "The game is significant in itself but the occasion is all about bringing together what will be pretty much a capacity crowd who are all coming to pay their respects to Rob Burrow, and his contribution to rugby league and MND.
"I have spoken many times to Rob's father, Geoff, who remembers bringing Rob to his first ever game when he was around five years old, and it was Leeds versus Leigh at Headingley.
"His struggle with MND has been remarkable, and it has certainly brought rugby league together. Tomorrow is an opportunity for people to come to the game and to pay tribute to an iconic rugby league player and an iconic person."