Kevin Sinfield launches final 7 in 7 challenge, Kings Birthday Honours List 2026
Kevin Sinfield has announced his seventh and final MND fundraiser, 7 in 7: The Grand Finale, with the kings birthday honours list 2026 placing his latest challenge on a route between Hull and Manchester. The seven-day effort starts on 27 September and finishes at the Super League Grand Final on 3 October.
He will cover at least 45km each day and pass all 12 English Super League grounds. Sinfield, 45, said the money raised so far has gone a long way and that the work has to continue to help find a cure.
Hull to Manchester
The route begins at Hull KR's ground, crosses the city to Hull FC, then goes through Market Weighton and ends at Shiptonthorpe. The second day leaves Shiptonthorpe for York, with stops at the University of York, York Knights' stadium, York Minster and the racecourse before the finish at Bishopthorpe Palace.
Later stages take him from North Yorkshire into West Yorkshire, passing near Pontefract before calls at Castleford Tigers and Wakefield Trinity. On 30 September, he will set off from Wakefield and finish in Huddersfield, after earlier passing AMT Headingley, the home of Leeds Rhinos, and Bradford Bulls.
Sinfield and Rob Burrow
Sinfield's fundraising has been shaped by his former team mate Rob Burrow, who died in June 2024 after living with MND for four-and-a-half years. The route also includes a poignant pass near Burrow's home in Pontefract.
He has raised more than £11m for MND causes since his first challenge in 2020, and a Leeds Rhinos spokesperson said the final challenge funds will be split between the MND Association, the Leeds Hospital Charity, the Irish MND Association, the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, MND Scotland and the Darby Rimmer Foundation. The club said extra mile events will let people affected by MND join Sinfield for a mile during each day's run.
Leeds Rhinos charities
Sinfield told Breakfast: “Our team have done a wonderful job. I couldn't have done any of it without them, they are so unselfish in the way they've gone about this.” He added: “We couldn't have done this on our own. The money has gone a long way and we're getting closer and closer, but we've got to keep pushing, we've got to try and find a cure.”
The final challenge gives supporters a fixed window to join or track the effort, while the split across six charities means the money will be divided before it reaches MND groups, hospitals and foundations in the UK and Ireland.
