Two Leeds Rhinos Legends … Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield

Yes they both used to play rugby league for Leeds Rhinos. Rob Burrow was unfortunately diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. His teammate Kevin Sinfield has done various challenges to raise money to support Rob and to help fund a new treatment centre in Leeds, including running 7 marathons in 7 days, then running 100 miles in 24 hours between Leicester and Leeds, and most recently 7 ULTRA marathons (40 miles) in 7 days, which he finished in Manchester before the Rugby League World Cup Final in November.

Yes he is definitely both of those things

Yes it’s really shocking and sad, but it’s also amazing how he’s carried on fighting with the help of his friends and family. I never saw him play but I’ve seen videos.

This is Rob Burrow scoring a try for Leeds back in 2011

The first 7 in 7 challenge, the aim was to raise £77,000. In the end they raised £2.7 million. With the different challenges I think they’ve raised about £8 million.

Just going for a run for a mate

It was the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon today. Kevin and Rob did it together. This is the moment when Kevin carried Rob over the finish line at Headingley stadium …

Super Kevin Sinfield is doing it again!

Since 2020 he has completed different challenges including running 7 marathons in 7 days, running 100 miles in 24 hours, and last year running 7 ULTRA marathons (40 miles) in 7 days, through which he has raised more than £8 million in support of people suffering with Motor Neurone Disease, including his former Leeds Rhinos teammate Rob Burrow, and to help fund the building of a new MND treatment centre in Leeds. Because they still need another £2 million pounds to complete this, he’s got his running shoes on again.

This time, it is seven ultramarathons in seven days in seven cities across the UK and Ireland … 7 in 7 in 7. (The number 7 has become a symbol of the fundraising efforts because that was the number Rob Burrow wore as a Rhino.) Super Kev and his supporters started on Friday in Leeds, from Headingley stadium, home of the Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Cricket, and will be doing 40 mile runs for the next seven days in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Dublin, Birmingham, Brighton and London … in freezing temperatures and snow and ice. Each day he is also running an “Extra Mile” with people directly affected by MND, either friends or family of people with the disease, and in some cases even with people who actually have it.

I love him. True Leeds Legend

Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow have both been awarded CBEs in the New Year’s Honours for their efforts in raising awareness of and fundraising for the treatment and cure of MND