AMT Headingley heading for bumper crowd for Burrow tribute game

With one week to go until Leeds Rhinos MND Awareness game against Leigh Leopards, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium is set for an emotional night with the stadium heading for a capacity crowd. 

The match will mark the club’s celebration of the life of legendary player Rob Burrow CBE, who passed away on 2nd June 2024. 
 
The game, on Friday 21st June, will be played on Global MND Awareness Day and in recent years this match has been a key date in the calendar for the club’s fundraising support of the MND community. 

There are fewer than 50 seats left available around the stadium and less than 500 places available in the South Stand terrace. Places are still available in the AMT East terrace and Western terrace. Fans are being urged to get down early to AMT Headingley with the club’s academy side playing Huddersfield Giants at 5.15pm and Sky Sports building up to the game both on screen and in the stadium from 7pm. 

Rob’s family and his former team mates will be in attendance including overseas stars Ali Lauitiiti, Danny Buderus and Andrew Dunemann flying in for the night.  

The Rhinos will also welcoming members of the MND community to the game to raise awareness and funds for those impacted by the disease. Tickets for this game are available to purchase now at tickets.therhinos.co.uk

As part of the club’s ongoing commitment to the continue to raise funds for MND, the team will wear a special one off fundraising kit for the day. The kit has been designed by Cath Muir from Richmond in North Yorkshire and was approved by Rob a number of months ago before he passed away last Sunday. With permission from the Burrow family, the kit will now be worn in memory of Rob. 

Cath Muir was diagnosed with MND in 2014 and has since done a whole of host of fundraising activities herself including a parachute jump and riding coast to coast with her sister. Cath is a talented artist using her EyeGaze machine and she has used the same method to design the new look kit for the Rhinos.

The shirt features an iconic image of Rob Burrow alongside his friend Kevin Sinfield which Cath painted and presented to Kevin at the end of the first day of last year’s 7 in 7 in 7 Challenge in York. The bold MND-related colours set the kit apart from the Rhinos usual designs and also features Cath’s drawing of a blue cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), the symbol of hope for MND around the world because of its fragile appearance but hardy nature. Like the cornflower, people living with MND show remarkable strength in coping with this devastating disease.

Since the first MND awareness kit back in 2020, Rhinos official technical partner Oxen have donated £150,000 to MND charities helping to continue to bang the drum for those impacted. 

The kit has proved extremely popular with supporters with the shirt now on pre-order. A limited number of replica shirts will be available at the game on Friday 21st June. 

Adult shirts are sized XS to 6XL with Ladies shirts available in sizes 8-18 for £51.99. Junior shirts and toddler kits are available for £39.99 in sizes age 6 to 14 and ages 0 to 4 respectively.  Adult and junior replica shorts are also available. £10 from the sale of every replica shirt will be donated to the Leeds Hospitals Charity appeal to build the Rob Burrow Centre for MND. The shirt is available to order now here https://bit.ly/3KujkSF