Sinfield completes fundraising challenge of seven ultramarathons in a week

Sir Kevin Sinfield has completed his latest endurance situation raising wealth for centrifugal neurone illness (MND) causes successful representation of his person and teammate Rob Burrow, who died successful 2024.

Sinfield completed 7 ultramarathons successful 7 days, crossing the decorativeness enactment astatine Old Trafford Stadium successful Manchester up of the Super League Grand Final.

The fundraiser and his squad person raised much than £13m for the MND assemblage since his archetypal yearly situation successful 2020.

Speaking to the crowd, Sinfield said: "The rugby league assemblage has got close down the MND assemblage and Rob would beryllium truthful arrogant to spot however you've supported and cared, and showed your emotion for a assemblage that truly needs us."

Sinfield began his last ultramarathon challenge successful Hull connected September 27 and visited each 12 Super League clubs on the way.

The 7 successful 7: The Grand Finale week ended astatine Old Trafford earlier wherever helium brought retired the trophy up of the crippled betwixt Warrington Wolves and Wakefield Trinity.

Along the way helium was amazed by royals, including The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Princess Royal, arsenic good arsenic celebrated names from the sporting satellite specified arsenic erstwhile England shot manager Sir Gareth Southgate and Leeds boxer Josh Warrington.

Each time was divided into 7km, hour-long blocks with an further other mile for members of the MND assemblage to join.

Funds raised by the situation volition spell towards the enactment of the MND Association, Leeds Hospitals Charity, My Name5 Doddie Foundation, Darby Rimmer Foundation, MND Scotland and the Irish MND Association.

Sinfield, 45, who played his full nonrecreational vocation with Leeds Rhinos, is 1 of the astir palmy players successful Super League history.

He and Burrow met astatine the Leeds Rhinos academy aged 14 and 12. They went connected to triumph 7 titles unneurotic with Leeds Rhinos.

Burrow's wife, Lindsey Burrow, told BBC Radio 4's PM that her precocious hubby "would person been incredibly proud" of his friend.

"It's bittersweet that Rob's not present contiguous to spot Kevin decorativeness his last situation but Rob volition beryllium with america successful tone and it's conscionable grounds to Kevin that he's truthful humbled to bash this not conscionable for Rob but for the full MND community," Lindsey said.

"It's conscionable incredible. I americium successful implicit awe of the efforts of Kevin and his squad implicit the past 7 days, and not conscionable implicit the past 7 days but implicit the past 7 years," she added.

Sinfield's son, Jack Sinfield, lined up successful the Wakefield broadside seeking to clinch their archetypal top-flight rubric since 1968.