Leeds Rhinos to celebrate the life of Rob Burrow on Headingley return
The club have released a shirt that will be sold for charity.
Last updated 7th Jun 2024
Leeds Rhinos are going to pay tribute to Rob Burrow in their rugby league Super League match against Leigh later this month.
Ex-teammates of the 41-year-old - who died last week after a battle with motor neurone disease - will return to Headingley to remember him.
The match is being played on June the 21st, MND Awareness Day, and the Rhinos will wear a special shirt featuring an image of Burrow.
Leeds Rhinos said:
"Leeds Rhinos will celebrate the life of legendary player Rob Burrow CBE when they return to AMT Headingley on Friday 21stJune.
"The game will be played on Global MND Awareness Day and in recent years this match has been a key date in the calendar for the club’s fundraising support of the MND community.
"The game will be an emotional night for everyone at AMT Headingley with Rob Burrow’s former team mates returning to mark the occasion and remember their friend as part of a special night of celebration with the club once again working with Sky Sports for the match night activity, just as the Rhinos did for last year’s Global MND Awareness Day.
"The Rhinos will also welcoming members of the MND community to the game to raise awareness and funds for those impacted by the disease.
"As part of the club’s ongoing commitment to the continue to raise funds for MND, the team will wear a special one off fundraising kit for the day. The kit has been designed by Cath Muir from Richmond in North Yorkshire and was approved by Rob a number of months ago before he passed away last Sunday. With permission from the Burrow family, the kit will now be worn in memory of Rob.
"Cath Muir was diagnosed with MND in 2014 and has since done a whole of host of fundraising activities herself including a parachute jump and riding coast to coast with her sister. Cath is a talented artist using her EyeGaze machine and she has used the same method to design the new look kit for the Rhinos.
"The shirt features an iconic image of Rob Burrow alongside his friend Kevin Sinfield which Cath painted and presented to Kevin at the end of the first day of last year’s 7 in 7 in 7 Challenge in York. The bold MND-related colours set the kit apart from the Rhinos usual designs and also features Cath’s drawing of a blue cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), the symbol of hope for MND around the world because of its fragile appearance but hardy nature. Like the cornflower, people living with MND show remarkable strength in coping with this devastating disease."