Sir Kevin Sinfield completed his 7 in 7: The Grand Finale in front of 71,000 people at Manchester United's Old Trafford on Saturday, October 3, and has already decided what comes next.

The rugby league legend from Grasscroft, now skills and kicking coach for England's rugby union team, ran seven ultra-marathons in seven days. The route ran from Hull to Manchester and took in all 12 English-based Super League sides.

By the time he brought the trophy and the match ball on to the pitch, he had already raised another £1.5 million for motor neurone disease charities, plus vital awareness of the disease. It has now grown to £1.8 million, taking the cumulative total to more than £12 million.

It turned out to be an emotional day for a number of reasons. His son Jack later helped Wakefield Trinity win the Super League Grand Final.

Hundreds of locals turned out in Saddleworth to support Sir Kevin as he passed through on Thursday, October 1.

After finishing, he announced that next year he will run seven marathons in seven venues in seven days in New Zealand and Australia.

Sir Kevin said Australia had recently seen both rugby league star Jai Arrow and rugby union international Nathan Charles diagnosed with MND, and more needs doing.

He said former AFL star Neale Daniher did an incredible job in raising the profile for the disease in Australia before his passing earlier this year, and he hoped to pull all the football codes together.

He said they had lots of friends in New Zealand, from both codes of rugby, who had sent messages of support down the years, and said going there would be wonderful.

He said: "I've made a commitment for life. We've got to carry on doing this."

He said it might look different, because a point will come where he can't run, but he can continue to fundraise and raise awareness.

His challenges began outside Grasscroft's Farrars Arms pub in 2020 in the name of friend and former team-mate Rob Burrow. After The Grand Finale, he officially uncoupled his team, which features several people from Saddleworth.

Sir Kevin added: "What we have uncovered, from people right across our whole nation, is an unbelievable amount of love, care and respect for our MND community.

"I feel incredibly warmed by how much people care in our whole nation. It was probably more so in the last few miles coming to Old Trafford that I really thought and reflected, and I was so grateful for the support because Rob Burrow will never be forgotten.

"But this is trying to find a cure in his name, and to keep moving forward, and to keep building partnerships."