Sir Lindsay said: “I have also raised it with the Prime Minister, because there is a major injustice and the stigma against rugby league where not one person has ever knighted, but … on behalf of what (Kevin Sinfield has) done, I would have thought now is the time and we wait no longer.”.
Sir Lindsay said he has raised the issue with Sir Keir Starmer, and said “now is the time” to knight the former professional player Kevin Sinfield who has raised more than £10 million to combat motor neurone disease (MND).
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has said it is a “major injustice” that no rugby league player has ever been knighted.
Ms Powell said Sir Lindsay would share some of Mr Baine’s’ views on the subject, adding that she “can’t comment on individuals’ right to get an honour” but it is “a surprise that they’ve not been honoured in the way that others have”.
Sinfield, currently a coach with the England rugby union team, was a star of the other code playing more than 500 games for Leeds Rhinos and representing England and Great Britain.
