Addressing the benefactor, he said: “I want to say the biggest ‘thank you’ in the whole wide world.
If you were here right now I’d throw my arms around you and give you the biggest hug I could – you’ll never know how much this means to me.”
Mr Murphy, who was diagnosed with EDS when he was 23, said he had been through some “rough times” with the condition.
“I’d like to think that now I’m on better terms with it and I’ve learnt how to live with it better,” he said.
Speaking about their player, Dawn Shore, of York RLFC, said he was a highly motivated man who “never misses the opportunity to train and play”.
“A customised wheelchair will allow Patrick to continue to be the effective player that he is,” she said.
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