Departing Leicester Tigers fly-half Freddie Burns gets emotional reading a supporter message
"Your man from the photo won the Premiership, didn't he?" Those words were among the last a Leicester fan said to his grandson after Tigers clinched last season's Grand Final against Saracens.
Burns cried as he read out the letter during an interview with BBC Radio Leicester, saying "the emotion you can hear has been bubbling up for a couple of weeks"."To know I've had a moment that has given people those moments with their family, and especially someone coming to the end of their life and cherishing the memories means the world."
"But when I get in the changing room and put that shirt on, my role on Saturday is to cherish every moment and give it my all, like I always have, and hopefully walk away with the win." On his return to Mattioli Woods Welford Road in 2021, Burns said he knew England fly-half George Ford would "rightly be first choice". And so he decided not to "get bogged down in necessarily playing well".
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