Right Said Fred: Betfred Challenge Cup final will be a poignant day for all

To say I'm in awe of Rob Burrow would be an understatement.

What a player, a true pocket dynamo. What a man how after he was diagnosed with motor  neurone disease  he transformed his life to raise thousands for research into the devastating illness that took his life at 41.

In a world where the word legend is banded about so much we have lost a true legend...and not just for Leeds Rhinos and  rugby league or for  sport in general  but for humanity as a whole.

During the Betfred Challenge Cup finals at Wembley on Saturday there will be impeccably observed minutes of silence - and rounds of applause on the seventh minute to reflect Rob's shirt number.

The final between Wire and Wigan will be overshadowed by Rob's passing - and so it should be with Wembley becoming a place where the greatest fans of a true legend will remember him with such affection.

Wigan are favourites with us for the cup  after just about pipping a youthful Warrington team in the dress rehearsal in the Betfred Super League at the weekend.

Meanwhile England remain favourites with us  for the Euros this summer after beating  Bosnia with three second half goals  in our penultimate friendly.

England are 11/4 favourites to be outright winners in Germany with France at 4/1 and the hosts 11/2. Spain and Portugal are both 8/1 at Betfred with Italy, Holland and Belgium at 16/1. Scotland are on the drift out to 125/1 following Monday's less than impressive 2-0 win over international minnows Gibraltar. England's last warm-up game is  against Iceland at Wembley on Friday with skipper Harry Kane 5/2 to score the opener.

Man of the moment Cole Palmer, the ex-City academy starlet who bravely left to become a hero at Chelsea, is a late comer to the England senior scene.

Surely coach Gareth Southgate is going to show some courage and hand the lad from Wythenshawe a ticket to the finals when he trims seven from his squad...he's just the maverick talent we need if we are going to win something on the international stage for the first time since 1966.

Finally a once in a lifetime tour of his Scottish homeland is now a reality - and it will cost him just £10 thanks to Betfred.

That's how much the retired forklift truck driver bet on the Irish Lottery which won him £45,000.

His regular numbers 17,21,23,36 and 44 were all drawn winning the jackpot for the 67 year old father of eight who hails from Glasgow. 

He put the bet on at the Betfred shop in the East Midlands where he's been a popular customer for 15 years.

Jubilant after the biggest win of his life, he said: "Now I can fulfil my dream going on the round the coast Scottish 500 in a nice hired motor home. It's amazing this is possible for just a tenner."

Congratulations to this regular customer and I'm proud to make his dream holiday come to fruition. All I ask is he sends me some haggis from his travels.

Another Betfred winner is also on his travels this time to the Lake District after winning £1,000 from just a TEN PENCE stake on our  own  Nifty Fifty numbers game.

The 75 year old semi-retired college lecturer, who is an online punter,  said: "Betfred’s slogan has always been that you can win big from small stakes and that's what has happened to me. The minimum stake went up to 50p and I switched to one of your rivals but you U turned so I came straight back to Betfred ...and I'm so glad I did."