Kevin is un-Sir he deserves a knighthood
KEVIN SINFIELD brushed aside calls to be knighted as his latest charity fundraising effort topped £1.6million yesterday.
The former England rugby league international ran the 101 miles from the home of current club Leicester Tigers to Headingley inside 24 hours in support of former team-mate Rob Burrow.
Money is being split between the MND Association and the
Leeds Hospitals Charity who are planning a new care centre for motor neurone disease patients to be named after Burrow, diagnosed with the disease in 2019.
Prime minister Boris Johnson was among those to send his congratulations to Sinfield as the call for him to be recognised in the New Year Honours grew.
Boxer Frank Bruno tweeted: ‘I hope the people who hand out honours have been following what
Kevin has done.’ Meanwhile, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, a former Rugby Football League president, said of the 41-year-old: ‘A lot of people want to see and hear those immortal words “Arise Sir Kevin”.’
Sinfield said: ‘It’s really nice but it was a huge team effort. The big driver is the Rob Burrow care centre in Leeds. The sooner we can get that up the better. We want Rob to be able to open that.’