Burrow answers celebrity questions in posthumous podcast

Rugby convention fable Rob Burrow answers questions from sporting icons successful a caller podcast, which was recorded earlier his decease from centrifugal neurone illness (MND) successful June, aged 41.

Award-winning audio bid 'Rob Burrows Seven, Meets...' is returning for a 2nd bid pinch nan precocious Leeds Rhinos subordinate interviewing a caller big of sporting icons.

However, successful nan first episode, disposable now connected BBC Sounds, it is Burrow's move to reply questions put to him by celebrities who featured successful bid one. He tells equestrian Zara Tindall astir nan champion pranks he has ever played, including hiding prawns successful a team-mate's car.

Burrow besides regales Tindall's husband, erstwhile England rugby national world Mike, astir times erstwhile his eye-gaze instrumentality has "gone rogue" and started speaking successful definitive language.

Plus, he reveals to erstwhile Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand why Jamie Peacock was his toughest team-mate.

During a 17-year playing profession pinch Leeds Rhinos from 2001-17, Burrow won 8 Super League Grand Finals, 3 World Club Challenges and 2 Challenge Cups. He was diagnosed pinch MND successful 2019 and went connected to go a awesome fundraiser, earning a CBE this twelvemonth and inspiring galore pinch his stoicism and positivity.

The remaining episodes successful bid 2 will beryllium released connected Thursday, 26 September.

Burrow tells Olympian Tindall he has "never really played a prank connected Lindsey", but had pranked a fewer team-mates. He reveals he erstwhile "hid prawns each complete nan inside" of a team-mate’s car, arsenic good arsenic spraying their hubcaps pink.

"I still don’t deliberation he’s forgiven me, truth beryllium told," he jokes.

He goes connected to opportunity nan biggest prank he has ever played was astir apt nan clip he "nicked a team-mate’s car keys," and "put insubstantial cuttings successful nan aerial vent of his car".

When Burrow’s team-mate sewage into his car aft training and switched connected nan fan, cuttings came "blasting out", filling nan vehicle.

After losing his sound pursuing his MND diagnosis, Burrow communicated via a instrumentality called an eye-gaze. The instrumentality tracked nan activity of his eyes arsenic he looked astatine words and past said them for him.

However, nan Yorkshireman told erstwhile Bath subordinate Mike Tindall that location had been times erstwhile nan instrumentality had “gone rogue”, pinch embarrassing consequences.

“It usually happens connected unrecorded TV,” says Burrow, explaining that, “the lads successful my WhatsApp group will often nonstop maine rude jokes” and nan eye-gaze sometimes “speaks them out”.

“I person to beryllium observant what buttons I press, particularly erstwhile nan kids are around,” he says.

Ferdinand joined nan podcast to inquire who was nan toughest team-mate Burrow had played with, arsenic good arsenic nan toughest force he had faced.

“My hardest team-mate was Jamie Peacock,” says Burrow. “He would ne'er return a backwards step. He was mentally reliable and incredibly hard-working.”

It was announced past week that erstwhile Great Britain skipper Peacock will beryllium inducted into nan Rugby League Hall of Fame adjacent month.

The 46-year-old erstwhile guardant made 57 appearances for England and Great Britain and won 9 Grand Finals pinch Bradford Bulls and Leeds Rhinos.

As for his toughest opponent, Burrow names erstwhile Salford Red Devils prop Adrian Morley, who represented Leeds, Bradford, Warrington, Great Britain and nan Sydney Roosters complete a 20-year profession betwixt 1995-2015. The Salford-born subordinate won nan 2005 Super League title pinch Bradford and 4 Challenge Cups - 1 pinch Leeds and 3 pinch Warrington.

Burrow describes Morley arsenic “bulldozing” his measurement done Super League and nan National Rugby League successful Australia, “forging a estimation arsenic 1 of nan astir uncompromising, hardest squad players to ever grace nan game”.

His 11 suspensions successful nan NRL “tell you each you request to cognize astir Mozza’s attack to nan game”, says Burrow.

Following his MND diagnosis, galore were inspired by Burrow’s positivity successful nan look of adversity. He tells erstwhile England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson that this mindset came from his parents.

“My dada would ever show maine that I was nan world’s top subordinate and really proud he was of me,” says Burrow.

At 5ft 5in and conscionable complete 10st, Burrow was among nan smallest men successful Super League, but made a kindness of his pace. He says rugby taught him resilience.

“In my early career, I was told I would ne'er make it arsenic I was excessively mini to play rugby," says Burrow.

"That made maine much determined. I ever opportunity it’s not nan size of nan canine successful nan fight, it’s nan size of nan conflict successful nan dog."