Grand final – video: Steve Riding stalks Kevin Sinfield to capture captain’s farewell to the fans

By Chris Stratford

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

THE moment when Kevin Sinfield bade his final farewell to Leeds Rhinos’ fans is captured perfectly.

But do not believe it was captured easily.

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Kevin Sinfield says goodbye to the fans at Old Trafford (Picture: Steve Riding). — Leeds Rhinos' Kevin Sinfield says goodbye to the fans at Old Trafford (Picture: Steve Riding).

placeholder image — Leeds Rhinos' Kevin Sinfield says goodbye to the fans at Old Trafford (Picture: Steve Riding).

Steve Riding, a photographer who has worked for the Yorkshire Evening Post and The Yorkshire Post for more than four decades, almost had to risk a charge of stalking to frame Sinfield in exactly the way he wanted for a series of photographs, including this one which illustrates the bond between Leeds’s captain and the fans.