Rob Burrow entertained thousands of people, changed perceptions of what it takes to become a Rugby League player, and helped inspire a countless number of people to play Rugby League during an incredible 17-year career - including me.

In December last year, he announced he had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and the least I could do is try to raise a little bit of money to support his cause!

With the London Marathon cancelled this year for obvious reasons, I've signed up to do the first-ever Virtual London Marathon (a hilly route I've planned around Leeds & Bradford!) on Sunday, October 4.

Any donations welcome.

You can support by making a donation here. If you are a UK tax payer you can also tick the option to gift aid your donation. Gift Aid is great because it means the fund will get extra money added to your donations at no extra cost to you. For every £1 donated, the fund will receive £1.25 when you add Gift Aid.

Rob, 37, retired from playing at the end of the 2017 season, his final game seeing him winning his eighth Super League Grand Final.

At 5ft 5in tall and weighing less than 11st, Burrow was known for many years as "the smallest player in Super League". Despite this, he was one of the most successful players in the competition's history,

The father of three played his entire career at Leeds Rhinos, making 492 appearances for the club following his debut in 2001, placing him in fifth in the club's all-time list of career appearances. He scored 196 tries and scored a total of 1,103 points. He was capped 15 times by England and played five more tests for Great Britain - including a Man of the Series performance in 2007 for the national side.

He is a two-time winner of the Harry Sunderland Award as Man of the Match in the 2007 and 2011 Grand Final. He won the Challenge Cup in 2014 and 2015 as well as three World Club Challenges and three League Leaders' Shields.

* All money raised will be sent to the 'Leeds Players Association: Supporting Rob Burrow' *