Ex-Leeds Rhinos rugby player Sinfield met Kyle’s family at Gorseinon Rugby Club, Swansea, midway through his latest MND fundraising challenge on Wednesday.
The 45-year-old took on the challenge in honour of his friend and former teammate Rob Burrow, who died with MND in June last year.
Sinfield began the 7 in 7: Together challenge in Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk, on 1 December, and is undertaking seven ultramarathons across UK to Ireland, before concluding the challenge in Leeds on Sunday.
He is running at least 45km (27.9 miles) each day of his challenge, in bursts of 7km (4.3 miles).
In south Wales, he took time out to meet Kyle’s family on the third of his ultramarathons, with hundreds of wellwishers joining him for part of the route through Swansea.
“We’ll run a bit faster and harder this leg,” he told Kyle’s family.
The player-turned-rugby coach hopes to raise £777,777 – in honour of the number seven shirt worn by Burrows – to add to the more than £10m he has raised since 2020.
