There has arguably never been a night when the outcome of a rugby league match has felt so insignificant but here, on a night fizzing with more emotion than one could have ever envisaged, Leeds Rhinos put on a show both on and off the field that Rob Burrow would have been immensely proud of.
Burrow never was one for the limelight, as his close friend and former teammate, Danny McGuire, admitted to the Guardian pre-match. “He’d be a bit embarrassed by all this, I think, but he’d love the legacy a night like this has created,” McGuire said. Yes, there was a game of Super League to be played here but it was categorically the backdrop to a night celebrating the life of Burrow.
