Donning DJ t shirts, the Rockets helped Lizzie to promote the charity and raise money by selling the specially created DJ pin badges. So far, the fund has raised over £10,000 of its £50,000 target.

Danny Jones was a Keighley Cougars and Wales international half-back who collapsed and died from an undiagnosed heart condition while playing against London Skolars last May.

Leaving behind two children, his wife, Lizzie reduced the Wembley crowd at the Challenge Cup Final to tears and moved millions of TV viewers with an emotional performance at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award and has now launched the Danny Jones Defibrillator Fund named in honour of her late husband.

Now, Lizzie has joined forces with the RFL Benevolent Fund to raise money to create a fund that will provide assistance to hundreds of community clubs and junior teams across the country to purchase a defibrillator.

Defibrillators cost around £1,000 each and provide potentially life-saving treatment to anyone suffering a cardiac arrest.

Lizzie Jones said: “This is my way of saying a big ‘Thank You’ to the wider Rugby League family for all they have done for me and my children since we lost Danny.

“The professional and semi-professional players are now getting screened, which is fantastic, and it’s important that we do all we can to protect the welfare of the men, women and children who gain so much pleasure from playing the game at community level.

“£1,000 doesn’t seem like a lot of money but as anyone who’s been involved with grassroots sport will know, every penny matters and I am proud to be associated with another project which means Danny’s death will not have been in vain.”

To find out more and donate visit www.justgiving.com/danny-jones-defibrillator-fund.