Having said all that, we now have had a strict no-crying policy at home, at least for the adults. I can hear Lindsey downstairs now, making breakfast for the kids. Soon she’ll drag me out of bed before showering me, getting me dressed, helping me down the stairs, giving me my medication and feeding me. Then she’ll start her day job, which during the coronavirus pandemic meant doing virtual physiotherapy consultations from home. Later in the day it’s the same routine in reverse. That answer sums up some of the reasons behind the success of this club," said Brian McDermott, the imposing Leeds coach. "Rob obviously wants to start games, but he's shown humility and integrity to do things for the benefit of the team. That's an example of the culture of the club." Burrow, who had already won the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man of the match in the first of the Rhinos' previous Old Trafford victories over Saints in 2007, scored a brilliant individual try in the first half, then laid on the match-winner late in the second for Ryan Hall with another thrilling scamper. Mike Tysonshows off his ripped physique aged 57 as former world heavyweight champion helps MMA starFrancis Ngannou prepare for fight with Tyson Fury

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Rob’s smile widens. “I felt on top of the world,” he says of the news about Maya. “All I want is to see my kids be happy and have fun. I’ve had a great life so I don’t need anything else. My sole goal is to see my kids reach some milestones and Maya’s achievement was amazing. It makes me want to see more triumphs.” Rob Burrow can no longer talk and yet, on a rainy bank holiday evening at home in Pontefract, he answers another of my questions about life and death. It feels almost magical as his familiar Yorkshire voice fills the room even though Burrow is smiling gently rather than moving his lips. “I don’t think you ever know your inner strength until you get told you are dying,” says the former Leeds Rhinos rugby league international who is a prisoner in his own body. “I would never have known I could be this positive when getting the news.”