Robert Geoffrey Burrow CBE (26 September 1982 – 2 June 2024) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a scrum-half or hooker.

Burrow spent his entire professional career with the Leeds Rhinos, making nearly 500 appearances as well as representing Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire.

At 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) tall and weighing 66 kg (146 lb), Burrow was known for many years as "the smallest player in Super League".

[10] He was the son of Irene (née Bateman) and Geoffrey, a branch secretary for the GMB trade union,[11] and had two older sisters.

[16] Burrow received further first team opportunities later in the season after Leeds first-choice scrum-half, Ryan Sheridan, was injured[17] and had a number of impressive performances, most notably scoring two tries in a 23–18 win against reigning champions St Helens.

[20] Burrow played for the Leeds Rhinos from the interchange bench in their 2004 Super League Grand Final victory against the Bradford Bulls.

[21] As Super League IX champions, the Rhinos faced 2004 NRL season premiers, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the 2005 World Club Challenge; Burrow played from the interchange bench, scoring a try in Leeds' 39–32 victory.

[23] Later that year he played for the Leeds Rhinos at stand-off half back in their 2005 Super League Grand Final loss against Bradford Bulls.

[27] He was the winner of the Harry Sunderland Award for a man of the match performance in 2007's Super League XII Grand Final, in which Leeds defeated St. Helens by 33 points to 6.

[50][51][52] On 12 January 2020, one month after his motor neurone disease diagnosis, Burrow came out of retirement to play for Leeds in a pre-season game against Bradford Bulls.

[66] In June 2024, Burrow’s wife Lindsey revealed that he had recorded a series of messages to be played for his children at special moments in their lives as they grow up.

[7][8][9] On 3 June, a minute's silence was held for Burrow at St James' Park ahead of the England national football team's UEFA Euro 2024 warm up fixture against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[69] On 21 June, Leeds Rhinos's first home game following Burrow's death, a similar memorial was created at the John Holmes statue with a video celebrating his life being played in the stadium before kick-off.

The cortege drove past Featherstone Lions ARLFC, Burrow's childhood club, before heading towards Pontefract Crematorium for a private ceremony.

At the end of the episode a picture of Burrow at the Rovers Return was shown with a message below stating "Friend and Advisor of Coronation Street".

[76] Burrow was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to rugby league and the motor neurone disease community[77] and promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to motor neurone disease awareness.