was there no truth that gary stephens turned him away in favour of gareth

That was Bob Pickles if I remember correctly - we were looking at both as half-backs, we went with Stephens, the rest is painful history....

Nah it was before Bob joined Leeds. If Bob and Laughton had been there at that time we wouldve signed both. But we are talking when the lads was very young before academy age. I remember watching Billy Whizz when he was at Parkside and it was already known he was joining Wigan then.

Leeds had a chance to sign him but it wasnt like he was at Leeds and we told him he wasnt good enough. We just didnt sign him from Parkside and Wigan did.

It was the Wigan scout Eric Hawley that took him to Wigan.

This is probably the best thing to happen this year with the challenge
Cup win second. I can’t imagine how proud we all feel when Rob gets the award and it’s fully deserved for services to RL, let alone MND.

I think Rob and his family are amazing

Did Sinfield not get knighted then?

Doesn’t need a letter from Her Madge to be Sir Kev. Doubt he’d accept it anyway.

Surely if he wouldn't accept knighthood then he wouldn't accept an MBE.

It’s Sir Kev not Sir Rob, although if the cap fits...

[urlhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Many-Reasons-Live-Burrow/dp/1529073243/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=rob+burrow&qid=1611734380&sr=8-1[/url
Pre-order now

Can't wait to read this. A friend once asked Rob when he'd be writing a book. His response was 'people wouldn't be interested, I'm nothing special'. That humbleness is one of the reasons he's inspired so many since his diagnosis. I think he'll be pleasantly surprised at how much people really do want to know more about him

Thanks mate, ordered.

Thanks to Mods for amalgamating the treads
I wanted to put it on here but couldnt find the thread to add on to, a topic search utility would be useful!

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/ ... sey-burrow Just wanted to flag this article up. In the muck and bullets of another season, we really shouldn’t forget.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/ ... sey-burrow Just wanted to flag this article up. In the muck and bullets of another season, we really shouldn’t forget.

Wow! That is a great article. Tears and laughter. What a special couple.

Donald McRae is the very best British sports journalist. Fitting that he should write so beautifully about Rob.

It's just heartbreaking how frail he's got in a short space of time

But he's so strong and he's a true hero who's showed how to fight it

Fabulous read and utterly heartbreaking. Giant of a man. Watched him in a grand final repeat the other day and I nearly cried. Legend

Easy to get sentimental with what Rob is going through.
But ‘that’ GF try against Saints is the best thing I’ve ever seen in Rugby League.
Watch it over and over again and still hairs on the back of the neck stuff.
Legend.

agree mate. i remember being in the stadium and not believing what i saw. couldn't wait to get home late that night and ended up rewatching it over and over. pure magic.

Yeh I was there too.
Couldn’t figure how the hell he got through until I saw it on tv later.
Incredible. Never get tired of it.

thanks well written
emotional

Hes brought a club, a city, a region and a sport together. Thats Rob.

He was a hero to all of us but by Christ his wife is a bigger hero for how shes coped with this, along with the kids and Rob's parents. Truly inspirational.