We managed to cheer him on in Hucknall. He was suffering at 4:30pm. How he continued through the night is beyond me. Was great to meet other local Leicester and Rhinos fans and others. Might have to set up a local supporters club. So pleased he completed it. My thoughts with Rob and his family though. Hope this effort and govt funding will help future families.

£1.5m raised. Blown away. Arise Sir Kevin.

The greatest Rhino of all time.

A truly magnifcent achievement from one of the most inspirational leaders the game has ever seen. A guy who never needed to shout or betate people to engage with them.
His presence and ice cold determination combined with an ability to inspire his colleagues and those around him to achieve their goals is unmatched.
Amazing effort for Rob and the MND community and at a difficult period for rugby league also a timely reminder of everything that is great about the rugby league community and the grass routes of our game when people come together.
Respect as well to Leicester and the bbc who really backed and gave outstanding support to Kev and his team.

Is any funding going direct to Rob and his family? Donating to charity is great but I know there are high overheads.
I’m wanting to give something direct to the family....

There was a just giving page when it was initially announced. No reason to suggest it's not still live. I'm not very techy to provide a link though.

Think Rob now wants to funds to go towards the new centre at Seacroft Hospital and to the MND Association.

This is a fantastic post. Having met Kevin through the amateur game and later in life through charity work, I can honestly say that I can see why people would follow him into the trenches, and why he now follows them.

A legend of the game, and I’m not a Rhino……

Just watching the Extra Mile show on Sky and it shows how dedicated these guys are to each other. The pain and difficulty that Kev went through for his mate is heroic.

Good job he‘a a champion bloke, cos he’d never make it as an Elton John tribute act.

Just finished this book what a great read. I am not a Rhinos fan to say the least! But Rob what a gem of a bloke he is along with his family. Such a humbling read.

The team spirit at Leeds was awesome not sure if this type of closeness could be repeated.

My old next door neighbour died of MND he lost his balance one day out of the blue and died not long after. He went downhill really fast and didn't last long. Robs highlighting of this disease and the efforts of Kev are brilliant.

Brian McDermott comes over like a complete ****. I imagine Rob held back and he was pretty damning.

The way Rob tells the tale even Kevin Sinfield wasn't too pleased with Mac at the back end either

Got this book for Christmas and just finished reading it. Had a lump in my throat at times, Such a shame that so much of Robs career was stifled by the bizarre ideas and downright stubbornness of one man.

Setting emotion aside, there must be umpteen retired players who blame their coaches over decisions made. Rob is - without doubt I'd say - the greatest impact player the game has ever seen. Would his legend be greater had McDermott gone about his job differently? We'll never know, sadly.

Interesting take about Brian Mac.

Whilst not his greatest fan, I have every sympathy with him over this situation-perhaps not how it was handled.

It was fairly obvious in the second half of his career that making 40 tackles a game defending towards the middle was not going to work for Sinfield. Thus he needed to play in the halves and 3 into 2 simply didn’t go.

Is there any doubt Burrow is a Leeds legend who impacted many many games with his unique skill set? No

I still wouldn’t have picked him over Sinfield or McGuire in the halves at that point which meant providing impact from the bench was his role. He did it brilliantly having more of a license to jump in, run and create.

Would he have been as effective and impactful playing 7? Possibly but once Sinfield moved permanently to halfback that was never going to be at Leeds.

I for one am glad Brian Mac found a way to make it work even if not everyone was entirely happy.