Andy Johnson : Thu May 24, 2012 6:43 pm  

What a shame that his little lad has a seemingly, for now, incurable illness. It must be awful for his family to have to go through this and I do hope that there is a cure found as soon as possible.

Re: Andy Johnson : Thu May 24, 2012 9:44 pm  

I'm sorry but have I missed something.

Re: Andy Johnson : Thu May 24, 2012 11:39 pm  

Andy Johnson's son Jack has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Basically a muscle wasting disease. If no cure is found he will lose all his functions and ultimately his heart will stop. More on the JoiningJack foundation here... http://joiningjack.org/.

Andy Johnson's son Jack has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Basically a muscle wasting disease. If no cure is found he will lose all his functions and ultimately his heart will stop. More on the JoiningJack foundation here... http://joiningjack.org/.

Re: Andy Johnson : Fri May 25, 2012 9:25 am  

Have just watched AJ's "Super League Supermen" programme, very sad, very moving.

Re: Andy Johnson : Fri May 25, 2012 3:38 pm  

My heart goes out to him the rest of us cant imagine what the family are going through

Re: Andy Johnson : Mon May 28, 2012 11:05 am  

At the end of the day, it puts rugby into perspective!

Re: Andy Johnson : Mon May 28, 2012 12:19 pm  

Life is very short and precious, potentially losing a child, I can imagine nothing more painful.

Re: Andy Johnson : Mon May 28, 2012 2:03 pm  

It's hard to find words for situations like Andy and his family must be facing. I really feel for the guy and hope that the RL and wider community support this very very needy and worthy cause. http://www.joiningjack.org.uk

It's hard to find words for situations like Andy and his family must be facing. I really feel for the guy and hope that the RL and wider community support this very very needy and worthy cause. http://www.joiningjack.org.uk

Re: Andy Johnson : Mon May 28, 2012 3:24 pm  

I don't want to pollute this thread with anger, but while there are things like this in the world and charitable appeals like this one struggling to raise funds for research into curing conditions and diseases like this one.

Yet, people will pledge and give thousands in buckets to the Bulls and prop up lies and mistakes made by that club's board and other sporting clubs live beyond their means, default on payments and then the "new co" walks away largely from the debt.

Makes me sick in my mouth people would donate SL rings and shirts to bail out the Bulls to the tune of £500k?? I have donated to this, each to their own.

Re: Andy Johnson : Mon May 28, 2012 4:32 pm  

My dad died of the worse version of this disease - being Motor Neurone Disease last year. Their is virtually no funding for this awful disease, hardly any knowledge of it and most doctors will never see a patient who has it as it's so rare.

So sad for this little kid to be going through such an awful disease. It's for only disease you'd swap for cancer.