
A rugby player has said it was the “ultimate honour” for former Scotland international Doddie Weir to be present when he began a challenge which raised more than £2 million.
Former Leeds Rhinos player Kevin Sinfield, 42, began his Ultra 7 in 7 Challenge, to run from BT Murrayfield in Edinburgh to Old Trafford in Manchester, two weeks ago, in a bid to raise £777,777 for five motor neurone disease charities.