Here are the 25 Rugby League heroes who will set off on Monday morning and cycle 300 gruelling off-road miles on the UK Red Ride to Wembley for RL Cares – please support them folks!
- Kevin Walton – Leeds Rhinos fan and MD of title sponsors UK Red Fire and Security.
- Robbie Hunter-Paul – Kiwi RL legend.
- Neville Smith – Head of Rugby League for Sky Sports and Manly-Warringah fan.
- Mike Middleton – another Rhinos supporter and director of ride sponsors Spec Ltd.
- Andy Lynch – one of the hardest working props in SL history.
- Ian Needham – Leeds fan and director of ride sponsors Spec Ltd.
- Nathan McAvoy – stylish three-quarter who starred in Super League on both sides of the Pennines.
- Tracy Herd – Man Van project manager for Movember.
- Mick Cassidy – the iron man at the heart of the most successful Wigan team of all time.
- Paul Highton – ex-Salford and Wales back row, and serial fundraiser for RL Cares.
- Gareth Ellis – one of the best players in Super League and the NRL in the last 10 years.
- Simon Lewis Pierpoint – former Bradford Bulls Academy player, now an architect.
- James Elston – former York and Dewsbury player, now MD of ride sponsors Yorkshire Boilers.
- Emily Colbourne – account director with Global Media and chief sparring partner of Keith Senior.
- Chris Rostron – Head of Rugby League Cares.
- Amy Derham – business development exec with RL Cares partners and ride sponsors, All Sport Insurance.
- Kevin Ferriby – Hull KR fan and MD of Informed Financial Planning.
- Julia Lee – another Robin, and history-making former female referee.
- Suzanne James – Castleford Tigers fan and Senior Officer in the RFL Performance Department.
- John Johnson – Hull-based pharmacist.
- Matthew Middleton – son of Mike Middleton, at 20 the youngest member of the team.
- Adam Farrar – former Shaw Cross Shark, now runs double-glazing company in Batley.
- Kerry Walker – furniture restorer and lifelong Dewsbury Moor supporter.
- Dean Bettison – Leeds Rhinos supporter and director of title sponsors UK Red Fire and Security.
- John Ledger – media and communications officer for RL Cares.
You can sponsor any of the riders by visiting their Justgiving pages