Prince William also spoke to Kevin Sinfield, Burrow’s friend and former Leeds Rhinos teammate, who has raised a total of more than \u00a310m for MND charities since 2019.<\/p>\n
The prince presented both Burrow and Sinfield with CBEs at Headingley Stadium in 2024 to recognise their outstanding contributions to the fight against the disease.<\/p>\n
Sinfield said the prince was “a man of his word and he’s been a massive supporter of the work we’ve done, the running we’ve done, the campaigning we’ve done”.<\/p>\n
“Rob would have been so proud of it. He would’ve loved to have seen it today,” he said.<\/p>\n
Sinfield, who will begin the latest of his challenges on 1 December, added: “To get to see this when we’re about 10 days before we go again, just adds more fuel. <\/p>\n
“It shows what can be created when people come together for a great cause.”<\/p>\n
Speaking at the event, Prince William said: “Having met the family and Kevin and Rob in January 2024 for the first time in a very sweaty, smelly Leeds rugby changing room, it’s been my pleasure to get to know them and follow their journey.<\/p>\n
“And, frankly, we’re stood in one of the most incredible buildings, that’s been fundraised and supported by a few individuals who’ve gone above and beyond to make MND finally on the map.<\/p>\n
“I’m honoured to be here today and see it up and running in just over a year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William also spoke to Kevin Sinfield, Burrow’s friend and former Leeds Rhinos teammate, who has raised a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-582875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115582984929702498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582875","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=582875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}