Ex-Coventry rugby star ready to 'pick up baton' for Rob Burrow

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The Matt Gallagher Foundation has raised more than £370,000 since its formation in January.

Matt Gallagher, pictured with his daughters, said receiving his diagnosis was like a "bomb had gone off"

Discussing his diagnosis, Mr Gallagher told the BBC it was "like walking out of a building and a bomb had gone off". It is a journey that will see Alex Grove, Chris Pennell, Jonny Arr and Nick Baxter ride 106 miles in Snowdonia."You start to realise there are a lot of these warriors, as I call them. Some of them are out there on their own and they are waiting for assistance," he said.

 

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