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Prince William pays tribute to Rob Burrow - as friend begins 'gruelling challenge'

Kevin Sinfield is running more than 350km in seven days for the challenge in memory of his former teammate Rob Burrow. He wants to raise 拢777,777 in a nod to Burrow's shirt number.

Sunday 1 December 2024 13:12, UK

File photo dated 11/1/2024 of the Prince of Wales (right) meets Rob Burrow (left) and Kevin Sinfield during a visit to Headingley Stadium, Leeds. Pic: Phil Noble/PA Wire
Image: William presented Burrow and Sinfield with their CBEs in January. Pic: Phil Noble/PA Wire
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Prince William has sent a good luck message to a former rugby league star who has begun a gruelling challenge in memory of Rob Burrow.

Kevin Sinfield will run more than 50km a day for a week to raise money for motor neurone disease charities after the death in June of his former teammate - which the Prince of Wales called a "fitting tribute".

In a video message recorded at Windsor, William said: "Catherine and I just wanted to wish you the very best of luck for what's going to be a very gruelling week.

"What you and Rob have achieved has been incredible and it's a very fitting tribute to his legacy, what you're achieving again this week. I'm sure you'll be running with him in your mind the whole way round."

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William, who surprised Burrow and Sinfield by presenting them with their CBEs in January, added: "So the very best of luck from Catherine and I. We'll be thinking of you all week."

Sinfield's Running Home for Christmas challenge will see him cover more than 350km in seven days.

File photo dated 14/05/23 of Kevin Sinfield (left), and Rob Burrow. Pic: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
Image: Sinfield has raised more than 拢16m in the five years since his friend's diagnosis. Pic: PA

The week-long run will take him from Liverpool to Northampton, via cities including Manchester, Belfast, Glasgow and Hull.

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Kevin Sinfield with Peter Reid (left), John Barnes (right) before he starts his latest fundraising challenge, Running Home For Christmas, at the annual charity fundraising Liverpool Santa Dash event. Picture date: Sunday December 1, 2024. Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Image: Kevin Sinfield at the Running Home for Christmas start line with ex-footballers Peter Reid and John Barnes. Pic: PA

Sinfield, 44, hopes to raise £777,777, in a nod to Burrow's shirt number 7, and donations will be split between six MND charities.

He began fundraising after Burrow was diagnosed with the rare neurological condition in December 2019 and has so far raised more than £16m.

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Burrow's diagnosis came less than two years after the end of his playing career, and he threw himself into raising awareness of the condition and helping to raise funds to find a cure before his death at 41.

Speaking ahead of the challenge, Sinfield said: "I don't want this to be sad. We've lost a great man, but he'll want us to rip into this and have a smile on our face and do it justice, do him justice."

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