The great and good of the City have been called upon to support the 745 Game in the name of motor neurone disease.

The great and good of the City have been called upon to support the 745 Game in the name of curing motor neurone disease.

The match – relating figures associated with MND Rob Burrow (7), Ed Slater (4) and Doddie Weir (5) – will take place next month at Gloucester Rugby’s Kingsholm Stadium and be broadcast on TNT Sports.

The event will be a poignant one given the losses of Burrow and Weir in 2024 and 2022 respectively, and the match taking place at the club where Slater retired due to his MND diagnosis in 2022.

And the rugby community was impacted by the disease yet again this month with news of 2003 Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody having his life impacted by MND.

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