Rob Burrow: A special tribute to the life and legacy of Rugby League legend

Matt Gregory and Peter Smith look back at the life of Rugby League Legend Rob Burrow.

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00:00From that very first appearance, it was obviously something special.

00:04I remember, I think it was probably his debut a game at St Helens,

00:08an academy game at St Helens at their old Nosy Road ground in 1999.

00:13And the Leeds team ran out and there was this little kid with him.

00:16And people in the press box were saying, well, what's he doing?

00:20Who's that?

00:21And it turned out to be Leeds' Scrum Half.

00:23And he was half the size of the other players in the team.

00:29And people were thinking, well, no, this kid's never going to make it.

00:33But he had everything you need to be a top rugby league player.

00:37He was smart.

00:39He had fantastic pace, great footwork, brilliant dedication.

00:43He was brave.

00:45He was just the sort of player that everybody, whether he played for your team,

00:48if you played for the opposition team, you'd hate him when he was playing against you.

00:51But you'd look forward to him playing as well because he just got,

00:55he was a bums off seat player.

00:57When he got the ball, you knew something was going to happen.