Watch the moment Kevin Sinfield carried his friend and former Leeds Rhinos teammate Rob Burrow over the finish line of the Leeds Marathon.
Rugby league legend Burrow died on Sunday following a four-and-a-half-year battle with motor neurone disease . As friends and former Leeds teammates, Sinfield and Burrow raised millions together for charity to raise awareness and fund research into MND. The emotional moment, at last year’s inaugural Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon, caught the hearts and minds of millions across the world.
Burrow, 41, died at Pinderfield’s Hospital surrounded by his loving family after becoming ill earlier this week. Get the latest on all of the news from across Leeds sent directly to your inbox with our free daily newsletter Former Rhinos captain Sinfield said the world had “lost a great man”, adding that his former teammate had been a “beacon of hope and inspiration” since his diagnosis.
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