Mose Masoe Foundation launched to help rugby league players who suffer spinal injuries

Last January Mose Masoe's life changed forever.

Lying on the ground at Wakefield's Belle Vue Stadium he didn't feel any pain. He felt nothing at all.

Mose had been left paralysed after an innocuous tackle in a friendly match whilst playing for Hull Kingston Rovers.

His rugby league career was over. There were fears he may never walk again.

But after weeks of physio at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield and months of rehabilitation back home Mose took his first steps unaided last September.

It was one small step for a man, but a giant leap for Mose Masoe.

The reality is though that could be as good as it gets. It's likely Mose will always need help and care.

Today the Mose Masoe foundation has been launched to help ease the financial and psychological burden on other rugby league players and their families.

Unable to work due to his injuries, Mose and his family will be the first to benefit.  But in the future there could be many more grateful to the work being done by the foundation bearing the name of this giant yet humble man of rugby league