Kevin Sinfield CBE is at Bramall Lane on Thursday 4th December

[Knackered Blade]

Rugby League legend Kevin Sinfield is starting one of his 7 marathons in 7 days at Bramall Lane on Thursday 4th December. He sets off at 8.40 am.

Sinfield has raised over £10 million with his five previous challenges for those impacted by Motor Neurone Disease, inspired by his friend and former team mate Rob Burrow. Part of that fundraising has been invested into research at University of Sheffield’s Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN).

The public are asked to come out and support the challenge as it visits towns and villages but the public are not allowed to join the run for everyone’s safety and protection.

Commenting on the latest challenge, Sinfield said, “I am pleased to be coming to Sheffield this year. We went through South Yorkshire back in 2021 but it was in the middle of the night! I know that Sheffield is a sports mad city whether that is cricket as the home of Michael Vaughan and Joe Root, rugby with union and league teams, snooker or the world class training facilities, not to mention being the home to the Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday. I am sure we will get a warm welcome from the people of the steel city.”

The route will start at the home of Sheffield United at Bramall Lane before visiting Abbeydale, the home of Sheffield Collegiate CC, then Sheffield Tigers, passed Hillsborough and calling at the English Institute of Sport.

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There are checkpoints with expected times at various points on the route.

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Donations to MND can be made at https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/kevin-sinfield-7-in-7-together-challenge.

 

[UddersBlade]

Seriously this guy is not only a legend of Rugby League ….. but his fund raising efforts for his mate Rob Burrow for MND is astonishing. Deserves a knighthood.

Well worth as much support as possible.

 

[jt64]

He's done a heck of a lot of good work, so hope this is well supported

 

[LBA_Blade]

I went on a British and Irish Lions tour down to New Zealand in 2017 with my Union mates. In a bar in Auckland and bumped into him. It doesn’t seem that unusual however Yorkshire Carnegie who later went bust used to be Leeds Tykes, Kev played for them in 15/16 in a one season union deal, genuinely such a top bloke and down to earth, happy to chat although back then prior Rob’s MND he wasn’t known to the British and Irish Lions and NZ Union lot and did admit I was the 1st person that recognised him. He was with his non rugby playing mates

 

[BerksBlade]

I'm guessing he's not bothered about it personally, but if anyone deserves a knighthood it's Kevin Sinfield.

 

[Zero dark thirty]

What a fabulous human being he is and a knighthood is well deserved

 

[Zipwire]

What a great bloke he is.

He, alongside Rob Burrow are the only reasons I achieved a lifetime dream a couple of years ago, when I ran 26.2 miles for the first and only time and raised a bit of cash for MND.

Even though I raised the money, and put it hours and hours of training to raise money for a fantastic course. What I got back from it is something I’ll never be able to put a price on.

 

[bornablade]

I'm guessing he's not bothered about it personally, but if anyone deserves a knighthood it's Kevin Sinfield.

Totally agree. But what do we do in this country is give a gong to the likes of David Beckham.

Kevin Sinfield has been instrumental in building a new hospital!!

Bloody hell, what more does a guy need to do.

But as you say he's probably not bothered.