Some of the greatest rugby players from around the world will line up at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 3 December 2011 for the ‘Heroes Rugby Challenge’. The match, which kicks off at 1630 and is supported by J.P. Morgan, aims to raise a substantial sum of money for Help for Heroes, the charity which provides practical support for wounded service men and women.

This year’s fixture, which will mark the tenth anniversary of Britain’s Armed Forces Operations in Afghanistan, promises to be an even bigger attraction than the first Help for Heroes match in 2008 when over 52,000 spectators helped raise £1.46m for Help for Heroes.

Jason Leonard commented:  ”The aim of the Heroes Rugby Challenge is simple – to pack out Twickenham Stadium on 3rd December and raise more than £1 million for Help for Heroes in the process. To achieve this, we need the public to really get behind this game and show their support by buying a ticket and encouraging everyone they know to do the same.”

The teams for the match (not being shown on SA television) is as follows:

NORTH

Coaches
Dean Ryan – Gloucester
John Kiran – Italy

Players

15. Ceri Cummings – Army
14. Nathan Jones – Royal Air Force
13. Tom Gleeson – Ireland (U21)
12. Will Greenwood – England
11. Eli Walker – Wales (U20)
10. Nils Mordt – England Saxons
9. Dave Pascoe – The Royal Navy
1. Tom Smith – Scotland
2. Gordon Bullock – Scotland
3. Akvensenti Giorgadze – Georgia
4. Danny Grewcock – England
5. Hugh Vyvyan – England
6. Alan Quinlan – Ireland
7. Serge Betsen – France
8. Ifereimi Bolder – Army

Replacements

16. Scott Spurling – England (U20)
17. Peter Edwards – Wales
18. Duncan Bell – England
19. Marshall Cormack – The Royal Navy
20. Andrew Tibbatts – Royal Air Force
21. Chris Cook – England (U20)
22. Sonny Parker – Wales
23. Anthony Watson – England (U20)
24. Ben Cohen – England
25. Jordan Williams – Wales

SOUTH

Coaches
Nick Mallett – Italy RWC coach 2011
Wayne Smith – All Black coach, RWC 2011 winners

Players

15. Nicky Little – Fiji
14. Kobus Basson – SANDF
13. Andries Strauss – South Africa
12. Jackson Willison – New Zealand Maori
11. Joe Roff – Australia
10. Sias Ebersohn – South Africa (U21)
9. Tony Luxford – ADF
1. Jo uTala – New Zealand Navy
2. Pieter Van Vuuren – South Africa (U20)
3. Sona Taumalolo – Tonga
4. Jeremy Thrush – New Zealand (U21)
5. Inus aRs – SANDF
6. AJ Venter – South Africa
7. Phil Waugh – Australia, 86 caps
8. Adam Thomson – New Zealand

Replacements

16. Ephraim Taukafa – Tonga
17. Tom Mercey – England
18. Justin Harrison – Australia
19. Ben Radial – ADF
20. Dane Berghan – New Zealand Army
21. Epi Taione – Tonga
22. Zac Feau’nati – Samoa
23. Justin Marshall – New Zealand
24. Ahtun Masun – New Zealand
25. Ed Yarnton – Australia