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#Rycroft ’s dad | #RugbyLeague in general | #BradfordBulls in particular | @TheRFL Ref | Co-creator of @the1895Cup | Sole creator of #thisweekinthechamp , #RLGIFs
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So I’m not running the
#RobBurrowLeedsMarathon
today, but I’ve got a pretty good excuse.
Seraphina (Seffy for short) arrived this morning. 9lb1oz. Baby and mother both doing well.
If you shared our sorrow over the loss of Rycroft last year, share our joy this morning.
💜💛💚
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Our baby boy Rycroft died at Great Ormond Street last month.
The thread that follows is a little bit about who he was, and how you can help other children like him.
We would love any help you can give to get Rycroft's story to as many people as possible ❤️
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It’s
#Rycroft
’s funeral today so this will be my last post for now.
I’ve posted photos, but here’s a video that captures a little of his personality. He loved to shout. Not angrily, no tears. Just joyful, rowdy, Brian Blessed-type shouting to let the world know he was here.
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Apparently
@TheRFL_MRP
were very reluctant even to hear Knowles’ second appeal, but then he twisted their arm.
#rugbyleague
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That moment at Headingley, 12th January 2020.
In the wake of his
#MND
diagnosis, Rob Burrow pulls on his boots one last time and steps onto the field he graced so many times.
The beginning of a legacy that will outlive us all.
#RobBurrow
#RB7
#ThankYouRob
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One of the all time great Rugby League freakish try’s.
David Mead take a bow…
Sharks vs Titans 2011
#RugbyLeague
#NRL
#GoldCoastTitans
#Titans
#Classic
#Brilliant
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For anyone who hasn’t seen the Wakey Leeds red this afternoon. Salabio on Myler in the 45th minute.
#RugbyLeague
⚜️🦏 🟥
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"He's gi'en the Academy Award for Best Actor...
...
#Icantspeyk
..."
#rugbyleague
I want to see it with the Mick Morgan Cas commentary overdubbed
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If we can get
#NRL
on free-to-air TV on Saturday and Sunday mornings, leading in to a
@superleague
game, we can make new
#rugbyleague
fans and engage lapsed ones in a way we’ve never done before.
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It's hard to believe that we will never see him again. But in sixteen months, he gave us a lifetime's worth of happiness.
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Right now, we really want to do what we can to support other families like ours, other children like Rycroft, through
@CharitySdsuk
,
@cihospcharity
and
@GOSHCharity
.
Whatever you can give, whatever you can do to share, spread the word - thank you.
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#Odsal
remains an embarrassment. Look at the state of that dead ball line.
#rugbyleague
#bradfordbulls
#nigelwood
#ralphrimmer
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The
#NRL
offers young British players the opportunity to be superstars. Listen to that grandstand roar as he beats the full back.
#rugbyleague
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Rycroft. 15/02/2022 - 17/06/2023. One year ago today.
Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you, and how lucky I was, lucky I am, to be your dad.
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Unbelievable response to Rycroft’s story from so many people - thank you to all of you. I’m trying to get back to people as they come in, but it’s a tidal wave 🌊
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This is a truly remarkable thing about
#rugbyleague
that we should be proud of. The star of the tournament on the terraces with fans, the day after scoring four for the host nation.
#rugbyleague
#rlwc2021
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Rycroft was a world champion sleeper. With no soothing or assistance of any kind from us, he could be sparko in seconds.
He would wrap his favourite toy, BunBun, around his head and that was the sign he was off to 😴.
BunBun is still with him now, friends to the end.
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Here’s a
#rugbyleague
World Cup final moment for the ages,
@NadineDorries
.
Clive Sullivan MBE for Great Britain.
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Mele Hufanga could be the toast of Old Trafford on Saturday if she runs over the Jillaroos like she did England tonight.
#rugbyleague
#rlwc2021
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Monday night’s game will be incredible.
#BradfordBulls
paying tribute to Rycroft.
We’d love to have as many
#rugbyleague
fans as possible, whatever club they support, with us to celebrate Rycroft’s life & help other children like him.
#Rycroft
🐮💜💛💚🐗
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This is the most impressive stadium I have ever seen
#rugbyleague
played in, by some distance.
@TheChallengeCup
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The obvious solution for Easter is half the games on Good Friday, half the games on Easter Monday, isn't it? Two days' worth of games for Sky to cover, and no team plays twice.
#rugbyleague
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#RoyPowell
passed away 24 years ago today.
Here’s just a few memories and 🎞 clips of the
#rugbyleague
player he was.
Thread 1/12 🪡🧵
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This just happened in Brazil vs Canada. Length of the field interception try.
#rugbyleague
#rlwc2021
🇧🇷 🇨🇦
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Lot of people independently reaching the same conclusion this weekend: that Tony Rea needs a bigger role in
#rugbyleague
broadcasting.
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If
@C4Sport
were able to get hold of the uk rights for
#nrl
/origin, in combination with expanded
@superleague
rights, there’s your path back into the national sporting psyche for
#rugbyleague
.
#c4league
Heroes created, rivalries revisited, moments immortalised and champions crowned 👑
This is
#SuperLeague
, coming to you in 2023 on
@C4Sport
🙌
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Last play, hooter sounds, trophy on the line… 14 passes and a chip kick later,
@Kear53
scores in the corner.
#rugbyleague
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Judge for yourself. Straight red for me. On report and ten minutes a cop out.
#rugbyleague
#rlwc2021
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This round of the cup always throws together teams from very different levels of the game, and players may find the facilities and playing surface way below what they are used to. But there’s no use moaning, York Acorn just have to get on with it.
#rugbyleague
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Reminder of
#RalphRimmer
’s record
• Half-empty Wembley
• Abject test attendances
• GB Lions tour disaster
• Bulls/Odsal and Nigel
• Toronto
• Academies fiasco
• And now England vs CNAS farce
#rugbyleague
deserves better. If he really loved the sport he’d resign.
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There came a point where we realised that Rycroft was not going to recover.
@GreatOrmondSt
were amazing at taking us through that realisation. When Rycroft died, it was peacefully in our arms. We got the chance to tell him how much we loved him and how much he means to us.
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What if
@C4Sport
bought
#NRL
rights too? 🤔 Saturday morning could become unmissable. Live games,
@adamhillscomedy
magazine show with highlights, interviews…
#rugbyleague
#C4League
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Had to be done. Celine Dion x Bill Arthur and
@RLBarrieMc10
mash up.
#superleaguegrandfinal
#SLGF
#rugbyleague
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@Depheruk
We lost our 16 month old lad Rycroft in June. It’s incredibly inspiring that you are still going strong in William’s name and memory, ten years on.
All the best to you and yours, James.
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Rycroft would have been two years old today.
Happy birthday, beautiful boy. Thinking of you today, and every day. Couldn’t be prouder to be your dad.
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Talent-Trek returns to the Banana Grove.
Ready for the press conference
@LeighCenturions
heading for
@SuperLeague
2023 with excitement
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What I found really helped was reading to him. I read him all of William the Conqueror by Richmal Crompton.
Like William, Rycroft was a little boy with a dog called Jumble. And as
@monstroso
says in his introduction, William is what every boy wants to be, a hero. As was Rycroft.
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Rycroft’s made the national press 😮
Thank you
@Andrew_Examiner
,
@yorkshirelive
and
@DailyMirror
.
More people seeing his story means more money towards helping children like him 🙏 ❤️
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@leedsrhinos
Hero. RIP Rob. So sorry
@burrow_geoff
and all the family.
He’ll never be forgotten. We’ll make sure of that.
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My one regret is not proposing on the pitch at half time, with thousands of
#rugbyleague
fans chanting “You don’t know what you’re doing”. 💍
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Rycroft was a happy, shouty, beautiful little boy and it seemed like everyone that met him fell in love with him.
He loved to crawl, even though his condition made it hard for him to lift his head. So he crawled backwards and upside down. He was surprisingly speedy.
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Rycroft had a condition called Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome, and was cared for at Colchester Hospital & GOSH for much of his life. So we want to raise funds for these three fantastic charities in his name.
-
@CharitySdsuk
-
@cihospcharity
-
@GOSHCharity
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14k for Ryan Brierley. 300k for
#NigelWood
.
Retweet if you think
#rugbyleague
is getting this badly wrong.
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Amazing. Thank you
@adamhillscomedy
&
@JoeGardiner_
for letting
@C4Sport
viewers know about Rycroft and the tribute game at
@OfficialBullsRL
on Monday.
#rugbyleague
#bradfordbulls
#c4league
#Rycroft
💜💛💚
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Should a
#rugbyleague
newspaper be hiding a reply to their story about Luke Gale, when the reply is from actual Luke Gale? 🤔
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Reality is,
@England_RL
have a brand: 🏴.
You can’t just go “Oh we play in white and navy now.”
#rugbyleague
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Rycroft seemed to like Status Quo and other DadRock. He'd certainly bash his toys along to the music. If that was actually a sign you wanted it turned off, then sorry Rycroft.
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THREAD:
#RalphRimmer
’s denigration of
@fijirugbyleague
squad…
•at
@TheRFL
black tie awards ceremony
•on stage
•on camera
•in front of
@Betfred
branding
•still available to watch unedited on
@TheRFL
#OURLEAGUE
app
…should result in his suspension by
@TheRFL
board.
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I genuinely can’t believe that someone whose side got promoted as a result of a paper shuffle, and then barely won a game all season, has the gall to question the promotion credentials of the unbeaten Championship league leaders. In that hoodie.
#rugbyleague
🗣️"I think that legally there's a challenge if Leigh get relegated"
👉Under the current structure Leigh Centurions are set to be relegated from Super League
💬Owner Derek Beaumont says it would be unfair for relegation to take place
#SuperLeague
🏉
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I keep seeing “those fans just want a trip to Toulouse” used as an argument against French clubs in SL, as if having customers happy and excited about an upcoming fixture is a bad thing.
#rugbyleague
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12, 14, 8s, 2 x 10… P&R, licensing, MPG… all this format chopping and changing is a distraction from the reality that if you’ve the wrong people at the top of the game, you’re just rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic.
#rugbyleague
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This time last week, I was going back over Rycroft’s eulogy, getting ready for his funeral later that morning.
People said a lot of nice things about it afterwards, but it really wrote itself. Moments I wobbled, but I needed do it for him.
I’ve shared the text below.
#Rycroft
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Great news.
#c4league
up for two major awards, inc. pundit of the year for
@DanikaPriim
.
#rugbyleague
@C4Sport
@adamhillscomedy
@HelenSkelton
@SuperLeague
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The transplant went well, but he later developed an infection in his lungs, and was transferred to ICU. He had to be sedated and put onto a ventilator.
I found it difficult to be with him, him virtually motionless, me feeling like a spare part during my son's toughest hours.
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This was the speech of thanks I gave after the game at
@OfficialBullsRL
. It applies to many, many people on here.
Here are my thoughts on, and thanks for, last night's celebration of
#Rycroft
💜💛💚
(No, I didn't attempt a Sean Connery accent)
#rugbyleague
#bradfordbulls
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50% of the nominees for 2022 World Rugby Union Coach of the Year played in the infamous “Can’t Speyk” Regal Trophy final of 1994.
#rugbyleague
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Massive potential as a Magic Weekend venue.
#rugbyleague
A look at the progress being made on the 30,000m² Fan Plaza! 🚧
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Never seen this in 35 years of watching
#rugbyleague
. Why didn’t he get up? Or pass? Or crawl, or do a Luke Briscoe roll all the way to the line? He had an age!
#NRL
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Happy Mothers’ Day to all that have lost a child. They’re still with us. They always will be.
Joe Biden put it nicely when he said “One day their memory will bring a smile before a tear”. Wishing you all smiles amongst the tears today.
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Would love to see that game run through with the 40:20 and the red card both given. Suspect
@Kangaroos
would have found a way to win still, but it would have been good to see them have to do that.
#rugbyleague
#rlwc2021
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Fuifui Moimoi and Mason Lino:
Played NRL ☑️
Played International RL ☑️
Got sent off at Siddal ☑️
#rugbyleague
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People with SDS are much more likely to need bone marrow transplants than the general population. We think Rycroft may have been the youngest SDS patient in the UK ever to receive one, and perhaps the third youngest worldwide.
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There speaks a person who has never seen Rugby League Raw.
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This means that
@TOXIII
already have as many wins as
@derek_beaumont
’s side managed in the entirety of last season.
#rugbyleague
🇫🇷
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Really bittersweet seeing all the celebration and discussion of Origin selection.
The pinnacle of
#rugbyleague
should be
@IntRL
. I hope it can be again.
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Super League XXVIII: the one where five teams all had their worst season in 15 years simultaneously.
#rugbyleague
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@OfficialBullsRL
Many thanks, Bulls.
He’s wearing the Northern away colours cardigan his grandma knitted for him even now.
#rycroft
🐮❤️💛🖤💜💛💚🐗
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Many of you most likely guessed this already, but we owe a lot in our processing of the loss of Rycroft to the example set by
@Rob7Burrow
Lindsey and their family.
A few thoughts on that…
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Why is it only fans that are commenting on
#RalphRimmer
’s disappearance?
When are
#rugbyleague
journos going to start pressing
@TheRFL
on why their CEO hasn’t been seen or heard from since his disastrous
@SkySports
interview, which took place a full two months ago!
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If
@TheRFL
respected
#rugbyleague
, they’d have a crisis meeting this morning to discuss why our best young players made their first appearance in an
@England_RL
shirt in front of a crowd of 2,000.
A mate remarks: “The only question for Will Pryce is, does he go to NRL or RU?”
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Against
#rugbyleague
declinism - here are six highly significant and numerous groups within the UK population who we have opportunity to bring into the game like never before.
Thread 🧵🪡 👇 1/8
#positiverugbyleague
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Rycroft only got to celebrate one birthday, and it was in hospital.
In February, we will mark his 2nd birthday in the same place, Colchester Children’s Ward, and we want to hand them a cheque for £20,000 in his memory, so they can continue to help other children like him.
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That game at Headingley where Rob and his old team mates came on for the closing stages, against
@RHunterPaul
and
@Stuartfielden29
for
@OfficialBullsRL
, will go down as one of the most remarkable rugby league matches of all time.
#RobBurrow
#rb7
#thankyouRob
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