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Mark Staniforth

Rugby codes cast aside historic differences in hybrid game to aid MND research

Rob Burrow Rugby Danny Cipriani Danny Lawson Danny McGuire Ed Slater Bath Doddie Weir Headingley Gloucester

Rob Burrow’s former team-mate Danny McGuire (pictured) scored twice in the 745 Game at Headingley (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

One hundred and twenty nine years after the schism that split rugby down the middle, the two codes cast aside their historic differences at Headingley in a unique hybrid game to aid research into Motor Neurone Disease.

The ‘745 Game’ – named for the shirt numbers worn by Rob Burrow, former Gloucester player Ed Slater and Scotland great Doddie Weir – ended in a 33-21 victory for the league side in a tight and spirited affair.

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