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Hardcastle: ‘Leeds want to do Rob Burrow proud in Women’s Challenge Cup final’
Leeds Rhinos' Amy Hardcastle during the Betfred Women's Super League match at Headingley Stadium, Leeds, May 26, 2023

AMY HARDCASTLE says her Leeds team-mates are determined to do Rob Burrow proud when they bid to stop St Helens from claiming a fourth straight Women’s Challenge Cup triumph at Wembley on Saturday.

A day of tributes to Burrow — who died on Sunday after a four-and-a-half-year battle with motor neurone disease — will have personal significance for a number of Rhinos players as they look to lift the trophy for the first time since 2019.

And the importance of the occasion is not lost on Halifax-born Hardcastle, who grew up inspired by Burrow’s Herculean exploits in a Rhinos shirt, and believes they are the kind of memories that could help give her side the edge.

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