The National Rugby League altered its rules to provide Jai Arrow special dispensation. The decision follows his forced retirement from rugby league because of motor neurone disease. This official action enables Arrow to reach 100 games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Deeply moved Rabbitohs players learned of the act. He can now reach a century.
Elsewhere, a man diagnosed with MND 29 years ago continues to be ill but alive. In a further case, a UK patient aged 36 was told he has 10 years to live after his diagnosis.