The National Rugby League altered its rules to grant Jai Arrow special dispensation. The amendment follows his forced retirement from rugby league due to motor neurone disease. This measure lets Arrow to reach 100 games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Deeply moved Rabbitohs players heard about the act. He can now hit a historic landmark.
Elsewhere, a man diagnosed with MND 29 years ago continues to be ill but alive. In a different report, a UK patient aged 36 learned he has 10 years to live upon his diagnosis.