{"id":321752,"date":"2025-08-06T05:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321752\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T05:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:54:12","slug":"cross-code-745-charity-game-announced-as-rugby-league-legend-rob-burrow-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321752\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-code 745 charity game announced as rugby league legend Rob Burrow remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MixCollage-18-Nov-2024-12-43-PM-6905.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rob Burrow\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>The \u2018745 game\u2019, a charity rugby match that raises money for Motor Neurone Disease will return again this year, with the fixture set to be held at Kingsholm Stadium. The fixture merges the two codes of rugby league and rugby union, in a modified sport that suits the rules of both codes.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/the-7-best-images-after-rob-burrow-rugby-league-side-win-inaugural-745-game-99237\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2024<\/a>, AMT Headingley hosted the first ever \u2018745 game\u2019. It got it\u2019s name from the numbers famously worn by Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow, rugby union hero Ed Slater and Scottish rugby union icon Doddie Weir, all of whom were diagnosed with MND after retiring from rugby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What started as a text message between Burrow and Slater turned into a reality as former stars from both codes of rugby took to the field in aid of raising money three of their own. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today, the next charity fixture has been announced, and past players will once again return to the field on Sunday 9th November, at Kingsholm Stadium. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rugby league legend Rob Burrow one of three honoured by 745 game<\/p>\n<p>Kingsholm is where Gloucester play their home matches, the team that Slater played for prior to his diagnosis. He represented the Cherry and Whites 94 times, scoring 50 points across six seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0crowd of 10,044 turned up in Leeds last November to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therhinos.co.uk\/article\/21094\/the-745-game---rules-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two codes of rugby merge together<\/a> for the first time in 130 years. Burrow\u2019s rugby league team defeated Slater\u2019s union men 33-21, as Rhinos legend and former Castleford Tigers coach Danny McGuire turned back the years to score two tries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All money raised is split between three charities \u2013 4Ed, My name\u20195 Doddie and the Rob Burrow discretionary Trust, who all work to research MND treatments, whilst also supporting those who live with the disease and their families.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Burrow passed away from the disease in June 2024, and didn\u2019t get to see the game come to fruition, but his legacy will always be remembered, and making this fixture an annual event is another brilliant way to celebrate his, Doddie\u2019s and Ed\u2019s brave fights against this cruel disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u2018745 game\u2019, a charity rugby match that raises money for Motor Neurone Disease will return again this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-321752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114980275137419065","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}