Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow won every major honour in rugby league terrorising the likes of Wigan Warriors, Warrington Wolves and St Helens.
But the awards he picks up today are vastly more important as he leads the charge against Motor Neurone Disease which he has been battling since he was diagnosed in December 2019.
He has been joined on this fundraising journey by wife Lindsey and former skipper and good friend Kevin Sinfield.
The trio have now been recognised with an amazing Pride of Britain award which couldn’t be truer.
Burrow made his name with the club he dreamed of playing for as a kid, the Leeds Rhinos.
He debuted in 2001 and played 17 seasons with the club becoming the most successful one club player in Super League history.
Burrow won eight Grand Finals including in his final game against Castleford Tigers.
He became the first player in Super League to win two Harry Sunderland Awards and also became the first player ever to get 100% of Harry Sunderland Award votes.
This was in 2011 when he scored what is largely perceived as the greatest Grand Final try ever as well as creating another for Ryan Hall as Leeds defeated St Helens.
He also won three World Club Challenges, three League Leaders’ Shields and two Challenge Cup Finals.
Burrow was also an England and Great Britain international and won the Player of the Series Award as Great Britain defeated New Zealand 3-0.
Two years after retiring after Burrow had coached at Under 18s level with the Rhinos, he was diagnosed with MND.
In January 2020, he played in a testimonial game against Bradford Bulls in what would act as his last ever game.
He has become a public figure fighting MND inspiring people across the world with his fight against the disease writing a book called Too Many Reasons to Live and doing every interview he can to raise the profile of the illness.
This has included a number of documentaries but most famously Rob Burrow: Living With MND.
It was nominated for the NTA Authored Documentary Award but recently missed out to Lewis Capaldi at tonight’s awards broadcast on ITV.
