People who have followed the story of Rob Burrow's battle with Motor Neurone Disease and fellow Leeds Rhinos star Kevin Sinfield's campaigning are furious tonight. That's because King Charles' first New Year Honours has omitted Sinfield, despite calls from many that he should have been picking up a knighthood.
Four England Lioness stars were given knighthoods along with Queen guitarist Brian May and artist Grayson Perry. The former Rhinos captain was handed an OBE for his campaigning and charity work around MND in January 2022, but many were hoping to see the man become Sir Kevin Sinfield this time around.
Rob Burrow was diagnosed with MND in 2019, two years after retiring from a 17-year career. He, and Sinfield, were given BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards for their relentless fundraising and raising awareness of MND earlier this month. In his acceptance speech, Kevin took aim at the government for failing to do more to fund MND research, telling viewers 'it's not incurable, just underfunded'.
