The rugby league world has been outraged by the decision to not award Leeds Rhinos legends Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow knighthoods in the New Years Honours list.
Despite their inspiring careers, the over £15 million they have raised in the fight against MND and in Burrow’s case has been battling the illness for four years, the duo were only given CBEs.
Now even the Australian rugby league press has gotten involved in the outrage with notorious Wide World of Sports journalist the Mole simply taking to X to say “It should be SIR Kevin Sinfield.”
This comes after similar outcries from former England Rugby Union star Will Carring and BBC Presenter Dan Walker.
Sinfield and Burrow have done so much for MND and recently Sinfield paid tribute to another MND warrior Doddie Weir.
“Yeah, I think about Doddie a lot. He’s been a huge inspirational guy to everybody. he met Rob and the brotherhood that was created that day between them, between a guy who was 6ft10 and a guy who was 5ft5, the picture still makes me smile today.
“But what started that day was an unbelievable friendship for Doddie and I too and his support has been incredible. We miss him but his legacy lives on. I think what he’s done and achieved for the MND community, he’ll move the dial more than anybody ever has. Hopefully we get to represent him in Edinburgh in the right sort of way. And Cathy and the boys, hopefully can feel proud of what Don has done and the legacy is lost.
“I think what we’ve seen with some of the guys who’ve been really brave, Charlie being one of them, Rob being one of them, Ed Slater we mentioned earlier, Marcus Stewart, Doddie, these guys in particular have defied some of the stats and they’ve been able to shine a light on this disease more than anybody ever has and that’s through sheer will and fight but also the field of support of so many people.
“I think the work Doddie’s done has been incredible but we must never forget either because there are so many people out there who’ve had MND or who’ve got MND whose lives will be cut very very short and it’ll be less than that two years and time is really really important.”
