Rugby unites to remember Rob Burrow

Rugby convention and rugby national person travel together connected their biggest days of nan play to salary tribute to Rob Burrow.

The 41-year-old died connected Sunday having lived pinch centrifugal neurone illness (MND) since being diagnosed successful precocious 2019.

The Challenge Cup last betwixt Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves had its kick-off moved to 15:07 BST successful honour of Burrow's number 7 garment which he wore during a stellar rugby convention profession pinch Leeds Rhinos.

Two immense banners depicting Burrow were displayed astatine either extremity of Wembley while Abide With Me was sung arsenic nan players and lucifer officials walked retired wearing shirts base his number connected their backs.

A minute's soundlessness was observed astatine nan commencement of some nan men's and women's Challenge Cup finals.

At Twickenham successful rugby union's Premiership last fans stood and applauded for Burrow successful nan seventh minute, a tribute which besides took spot successful some matches astatine Wembley.

On a garment placed underneath nan rugby convention statue astatine Wembley a instrumentality wrote: "You were a awesome player, a awesome man and an moreover bigger inspiration. We will ne'er hide you."

Burrow's team-mate Jamie Peacock told BBC Sport: "It's astir celebrating nan bully that Rob brought not only to nan world of rugby league, but to nan world arsenic a whole.

"In his conflict pinch MND nan greater world sewage to beryllium inspired by it."

He added: "Sitting backmost astir a week aft Rob's passed away, that's nan ceremony I effort to return retired of it is nan bigger world coming together."

Fellow half-back Kevin Brown praised Burrow's cognition connected nan section arsenic a player, opinionated only 5ft 5in against overmuch bigger opposition.

"He was an inspiration for immoderate small subordinate because he punched supra his weight," he told BBC Sport.

"When group talk astir toughness they usually talk astir nan large men, but Rob Burrow was arsenic reliable arsenic anyone and he'd scare nan life retired of nan large men because often he'd duck underneath and spell done nan different side."