They were joined by Jamie Jones-Buchanan, an old teammate, Tanya Curry, CEO of the MND Association, and James Lewis, leader of Leeds City Council.

It was in West Yorkshire that he lived. He died in a hospital close by, just a few hours before the groundbreaking ceremony for his new center for MND study.

Around noon on July 7, a lot of people started to line the streets to honor Burrow as he was taken to a private service.Lots of people in Leeds Rhino shirts made the roads blue. Featherstone Lions ARLFC junior players also came dressed up.

As the star’s hearse drove by the crowds, a police motorbike followed behind it.