The National Rugby League has updated its rules to give 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 learned of the update. He can now reach a century.
In a separate case, a man given a diagnosis of MND 29 years ago stays ill but alive. In a different report, a UK patient aged 36 was told he has 10 years to live after his diagnosis.