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.