SEVEN SINFIELD
Rugby legend Kevin’s new 300 miles in a week to raise cash for MND fight
RUGBY league legend Kevin Sinfield hopes to run 300 miles in seven days to raise money for motor neurone disease research.
The ex-England captain and Great Britain star aims to finish his feat in front of a sell-out crowd at the sport’s World Cup final on November 19.
He has already raised more than £5million after completing seven marathons in seven days in December 2020 and running 101 miles in 24 hours last year.
Sinfield, 42, is embarking on his toughest challenge, running from Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh to Old Trafford in Manchester. Starting on November 13, he will cover around 43 miles every day.
Along the route he will pass through Melrose in Scotland, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, York, Leeds and Bradford.
Sinfield is a close friend and a former Leeds Rhinos teammate of ex-England and Great Britain player Rob Burrow, 40, who has motor neurone disease. Scottish rugby union hero Doddie Weir, 52, and ex-Bradford City footballer Stephen Darby, 33, also have MND.
Sinfield, now part of the coaching team at Leicester Tigers, said: “I’m absolutely honoured we get to represent Doddie, Stephen and Rob who started the campaigning.”
Thanking his friend, dad-of-three Burrow said: “I love him like family and I know my family do too.” Joining the pair and Weir at the launch on BBC Breakfast yesterday was ex-Gloucester rugby star Ed Slater, 34, who was diagnosed with MND this year. Sinfield, who was awarded the OBE in January, said: “I want the MND community to know there are people who are willing to go to some dark places for them – I’m certainly willing to do that.”