{"id":30666,"date":"2024-06-04T04:40:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/rob-burrow-rugby-league-great-urges-people-dont-waste-a-moment-in-final-message-rugby-league-news\/04\/06\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T04:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:40:50","slug":"rob-burrow-rugby-league-great-urges-people-dont-waste-a-moment-in-final-message-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/rob-burrow-rugby-league-great-urges-people-dont-waste-a-moment-in-final-message-rugby-league-news\/04\/06\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Burrow: Rugby league great urges people &#8216;don\u2019t waste a moment&#8217; in final message | Rugby League News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Rob Burrow urged people not to waste a moment and expressed his hope for a world one day free of motor neurone disease in his final message recorded prior to his death.<\/p>\n<p>The Leeds Rhinos great died at the age of 41 on Sunday, having dedicated the last four-and-a-half years of his life to raising money and awareness for MND causes after being diagnosed with the condition in December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In a message specially recorded for the <em>BBC<\/em> documentary <em>There&#8217;s Only One Rob Burrow<\/em>, broadcast on Monday night, the eight-time Super League Grand Final winner shared what he took from his own battle with MND.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"681fbed8-9d7b-4145-b16d-1c418a33043c\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.condatis.sky\/auth\/video\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Rugby league legend Rob Burrow has died at the age of 41\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_681fbed8-9d7b-4145-b16d-1c418a33043c\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"49\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"true\" data-sdc-id=\"6571745\" data-sdc-video-id=\"681fbed8-9d7b-4145-b16d-1c418a33043c\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:681fbed8-9d7b-4145-b16d-1c418a33043c\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>              <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_681fbed8-9d7b-4145-b16d-1c418a33043c\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\"\/>\n            <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\">Rugby league legend Rob Burrow has died at the age of 41<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I hope one day we find a cure and live in a world free of MND,&#8221; Burrow said. &#8220;By the time that you watch this I will no longer be here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am just a lad from Yorkshire who got to live out his dream of playing rugby league.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a father of three young children I would never want any family to have to go through what my family have since my diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope I have left a mark on the disease. I hope it shows to live in the moment. I hope you find inspiration from the whole story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"6cf72142-8d34-4b6c-9057-b1ad38fb72dc\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.condatis.sky\/auth\/video\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Rob Burrow and his family took over Sky Sports coverage of Leeds Rhinos against Huddersfield Giants to raise awareness of motor neurone disease in June 2023\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_6cf72142-8d34-4b6c-9057-b1ad38fb72dc\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"49\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"true\" data-sdc-id=\"6571854\" data-sdc-video-id=\"6cf72142-8d34-4b6c-9057-b1ad38fb72dc\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:6cf72142-8d34-4b6c-9057-b1ad38fb72dc\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>              <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block\" class=\"lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=75&resize=75 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=100&resize=100 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=150&resize=150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=240&resize=240 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=320&resize=320 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=500&resize=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=640&resize=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=800&resize=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=1280&resize=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?w=1600&resize=1600 1600w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg\" alt=\"x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/1600x900\/skysports-rob-burrow-sky-sports_6571864.jpg?20240602221524\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img\"\/><br \/>\n              <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_6cf72142-8d34-4b6c-9057-b1ad38fb72dc\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\"\/>\n            <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\">Rob Burrow and his family took over Sky Sports coverage of Leeds Rhinos against Huddersfield Giants to raise awareness of motor neurone disease in June 2023<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;My final message to you is whatever your personal battle be brave and face it. Every single day is precious. Don&#8217;t waste a moment. In a world full of adversity, we must still dare to dream.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rob Burrow, over and out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those thoughts were echoed by former England captain Sam Burgess, who was among the many rugby league figures to pay tribute to Burrow.<\/p>\n<p>Burgess&#8217; father Mark died 17 years ago after being diagnosed with MND and the Warrington Wolves head coach understood from personal experience what the Burrow family had faced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"a243b816-13b3-49ad-b083-40ff644836ba\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.condatis.sky\/auth\/video\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"An emotional Kevin Sinfield described his friend and former team-mate Rob Burrow CBE as 'legend', following his death at the age of 41\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_a243b816-13b3-49ad-b083-40ff644836ba\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"49\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" 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 <img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block\" class=\"lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/kevin-sinfield-rob-burrow-rugby_6572355.jpg?w=75&resize=75 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/kevin-sinfield-rob-burrow-rugby_6572355.jpg?w=100&resize=100 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/kevin-sinfield-rob-burrow-rugby_6572355.jpg?w=150&resize=150 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/kevin-sinfield-rob-burrow-rugby_6572355.jpg?w=240&resize=240 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/kevin-sinfield-rob-burrow-rugby_6572355.jpg?w=320&resize=320 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/kevin-sinfield-rob-burrow-rugby_6572355.jpg?w=500&resize=500 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/kevin-sinfield-rob-burrow-rugby_6572355.jpg?w=640&resize=640 640w, 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        <video id=\"id_a243b816-13b3-49ad-b083-40ff644836ba\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\"\/>\n            <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\">An emotional Kevin Sinfield described his friend and former team-mate Rob Burrow CBE as &#8216;legend&#8217;, following his death at the age of 41<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I know what the Burrow family went through first-hand because we lost our father in 2007 and it&#8217;s a tragic disease,&#8221; Burgess said. &#8220;I can appreciate probably more so than most the impact Rob has had on the MND community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did some reflection driving into work thinking what is it all about and what is really important? Your friendships, the memories you&#8217;re making, your family, your health, and outside of that trying not to waste too much energy on things which don&#8217;t matter as much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a nice time to reflect and also a nice time to celebrate what a special guy Rob Burrow was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As well as coming up against him as an opponent in Super League, Burgess played alongside Burrow for Great Britain and England, while his older brother Luke was a team-mate of the scrum-half or hooker at Leeds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"26ed4e35-6528-4cc4-9d03-01728f380162\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/image_6571968.jpg?w=1280&resize=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/image_6571968.jpg?w=1600&resize=1600 1600w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/image_6571968.jpg\" alt=\"preview image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/768x432\/image_6571968.jpg 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/24\/06\/1600x900\/image_6571968.jpg?20240603081944\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img\"\/><br \/>\n              <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_26ed4e35-6528-4cc4-9d03-01728f380162\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\"\/>\n            <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\">Jamie Jones-Buchanan paid tribute to former Leeds Rhinos team-mate Rob Burrow CBE and shares his favourite memories of the rugby league legend<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The former South Sydney Rabbitohs player also saw the impact Burrow&#8217;s campaigning made for those battling MND in Australia as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Globally, I think he&#8217;s had an impact on the MND community,&#8221; Burgess said. &#8220;I think he&#8217;s impacted so many lives here and in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are some great things we can all celebrate Rob for, but sadly it&#8217;s cost him his life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a courageous guy. 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Well, he had the heart of a thousand lions facing motor neurone disease, and we should all take a moment to reflect on that and celebrate what a special guy Rob is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Burrow tributes planned for Challenge Cup finals<\/h3>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s Betfred Challenge Cup finals day at Wembley will see the rugby league community pay tribute to Burrow.<\/p>\n<p>Full plans to celebrate the life of the Leeds icon will be announced on Wednesday, but it has already been confirmed a minute&#8217;s silence will be held prior to the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s finals.<\/p>\n<p>Fans at Wembley will also be encouraged to join in with a minute&#8217;s applause after seven minutes, representative of Burrow&#8217;s shirt number, into each of the games being played on the day, which include the Year 7 Champion Schools final and 1895 Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Saturday does provide us with an opportunity to celebrate his life for everyone at the stadium and the television audience as well,&#8221; RL Commercial managing director Rhodri Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All eight competing teams will show their respect for Rob and their support for the battle he championed against motor neurone disease.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There will be a minute&#8217;s silence as part of the pre-match ceremony for each of the two Challenge Cup finals and we will ask everyone in the stadium to join a minute&#8217;s applause after seven minutes in each of the four finals being played on the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/rugby-league\/news\/12040\/13147624\/rob-burrow-rugby-league-great-urges-people-dont-waste-a-moment-in-final-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Burrow urged people not to waste a moment and expressed his hope for a world one day free of motor neurone<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/rob-burrow-rugby-league-great-urges-people-dont-waste-a-moment-in-final-message-rugby-league-news\/04\/06\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[178,1935,153,1467,247,334,733,33,1411,3011,49,2678,3481],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30668,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30666\/revisions\/30668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}