The Hallucinating Goose Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/63235539 Saw this article on BBC advertising a Rob Burrow documentary that is due to air on Tuesday, just wondering if this is a new documentary? Heartbreaking article. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSantos Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/63235539 Saw this article on BBC advertising a Rob Burrow documentary that is due to air on Tuesday, just wondering if this is a new documentary? Heartbreaking article. Thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gay pride Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Yes I believe its a new documentary and a follow up to the previous documentary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 As mentioned elsewhere, two-page spread about this in today's Times, too "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." JohnM - 17/01/2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 7 hours ago, Gay pride said: Yes I believe its a new documentary and a follow up to the previous documentary. The original 2020 documentary was called "My Year with MND". "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 I don't know if this is good scheduling or not. This is on at 7pm and the game tonight kicks off at 7.30pm just as this documentary finishes. Works out well for watching both but it does mean no one is gonna be watching the pre-match build up tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispmartha Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 New documentary on BBC2 now. It’s utterly heartbreaking but very powerful 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said: New documentary on BBC2 now. It’s utterly heartbreaking but very powerful The unnecessary scheduling clash means I'll watch it on catch-up, if I can bring myself to. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Not a dry eye in the Goose household right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinking Jimmy Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Heartbreaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 So, so sad. Absolutely heartbreaking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fevrover Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 What a truly amazing family in such heartbreaking circumstances, all the best to them. Hard watch but brings things into perspective. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Heartbreaking to watch. I was balling my eyes out by the end. Rob's positive mindset is amazing. His family are absolutely fantastic. His kids are delightful,a real credit to him and his wife. Rob Burrow, legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexRL Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Sobbed through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMEGA Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Whenever I see Rob now I can’t help but see the amazing athlete he was not so long ago. It’s shocking how fast he’s gone from those images in my head of him stepping through defences or pulling off a tackle to the frail, dependent person sat in his chair. One match always comes to mind and it’s the World Club Challenge game Vs Manly at Elland Road. He was hit by Anthony Watmough and carried off very badly concussed. I have to wonder if that was the time, was that the catalyst that began it all? He has an amazing family around him, his wife is an absolute angel, his children are amazing and his parents too. While some of his friends and ex team mates like Kevin Sinfield and Barry McDermott etc can’t do enough for him Its tragic but he continues to be inspiring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Trinity Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 What a bloke and what a family, although through all this adversity just like a player he will not give in and perhaps through all this he maintains his dignity and wicked sense of humour that was a golden thread through his book. Hats off to you lad and those around you. Although a rival fan over the years I have to say that Kevin Sinfield really is a true leader with his support for Rob and his family, friendship like that is priceless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Decimus Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 I've been advised by the missus not to watch it (I lost my dad to MND), but it always strikes me that Rob was something almost unique in the modern game: a player who was liked by almost everyone even opposition fans. Maybe I have rose-tinted spectacles but I genuinely don't remember him being disliked by anyone. 3 A Widnesian in Ireland blog What is the best system for Super League? An honest appraisal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 45 minutes ago, Maximus Decimus said: I've been advised by the missus not to watch it (I lost my dad to MND), but it always strikes me that Rob was something almost unique in the modern game: a player who was liked by almost everyone even opposition fans. Maybe I have rose-tinted spectacles but I genuinely don't remember him being disliked by anyone. Nope I think it's true to say that. I'm currently suffering with a bad back and am in pain 24/7. But Rob makes me ashamed of moaning about it, utterly inspirational and a totally selfless person. 1 Take it Off! Take it Off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Tim Whatley Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Lindsey Burrow is an absolute titan. I've no idea how she manages to keep things going like she does. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Willow Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Hard watch, but the women in his life are strong. Rob's dad could hardly cope far more emotional than his wife. Maybe it says much about Northern women. it's great they recorded his voice and he can still make jokes with even the worst subject under discussion (end of life care) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynebennettswinger Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 I haven’t got around to watch this documentary yet, it’s next on the list, but the first documentary and Rob Burrows book had me in tears. The High Performance Podcast are running RLWC specials. The first guest was Sam Burgess, the second is Lindsay Burrow…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I hate chopping onions at this time. What an inspirational family: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinking Jimmy Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Just seen this. “Former Rugby League player Rob Burrow is set to read the CBeebies Bedtime Story on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Rob, who used to play for Leeds Rhinos, lives with motor neurone disease (MND) and will be using an eye-controlled computer to read the story. The computer recreates the words in his own native Yorkshire accent. Rob says he is "excited and honoured" as he used to enjoy reading to his own children. He was joined in the CBeebies studio by his wife Lindsey and two of their children, Maya, 7, and Jackson, 3. The pair helped to direct their dad from the gallery, shouting "Action!" when the cameras began rolling. He told the BBC: "Reading and literacy are so important. It doesn't matter what your disability is, reading is accessible to everyone. "Anyone can enjoy reading and develop a love of books and bedtime stories, just like me and my family." The book chosen for his bedtime story is Tilda Tries Again by Tom Percival. It follows the story of a young girl who one day finds her world turned upside-down and has to find a new way to solve her problems.” Just wonderful! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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