Crowds pay respect to Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow
Crowds have lined the streets to pay respect to Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow ahead of his funeral in Pontefract. Report by..
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Pontefract
Market town in West Yorkshire, England
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wakefield district and had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census. Pontefract's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio, Latin for "After the death of the father, support the son", a reference to the town's Royalist sympathies in the English Civil War. Small villages and settlements in the immediate area include Stapleton.
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Fans to pay respects on Rob Burrow funeral route
Leeds Rhinos is inviting the public to line the route ahead of the private service in Pontefract.
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