Munster Greats Return For England Legends Clash

Mick Galwey and John Kelly are among the Munster greats who will feature in the England Legends v Ireland Legends charity game at the Twickenham Stoop this Friday in the Stuart Mangan Memorial Cup (ko 7:45pm).

Taking place the night before the England v Ireland Six Nations game, this special charity match kicks off a weekend of great craic for Irish and English supporters alike.

The Stuart Mangan Cup is held in memory of the late Stuart Mangan who was injured while playing rugby in 2008. The friendly competition between the old Irish and English greats is testament to Stuart and aims to highlight and raise much needed funds for injured players.

The 2014 event will raise funds for the RFU Injured Players’ Foundation, RESTART and the IRFU Charitable Trust.

The Legends series continues to tempt some of the greatest retired players to put their boots back on, face up to old rivals and raise invaluable funds for their teams’ nominated charities. Validus Re, have again offered their generous sponsorship of the teams for this event.

A large Munster contingent will be joined by the likes of Trevor Brennan and Geordan Murphy. Murphy, who won 72 caps for Ireland and now coaches at Leicester, is excited by the early opportunity to return to the playing field:

"I'm looking forward to my first Legends game, although I feel a bit of a 'new boy' to be a legend! The English boys had better watch out – we have a great Irish team and will be looking to hold on to the Stuart Mangan Cup that Ireland won in Dublin last year.

"I'm especially glad to be playing in this particular Legends game to raise money for the rugby charities in honour of a fellow countryman's name."

Ireland’s Team will be led by former Ireland and British and Irish Lion Shane Byrne, previously Leinster’s most capped player, Shane will be joined on the pitch by some of Irelands rugby greats with the full squad listed below.

England’s Team will be led by former captain and British and Irish Lion Martin Corry. Corry is joined by several members of the England 2003 World Cup Winning Squad including former Harlequins players Jason Leonard, and Andy Gomarsall.

Tickets, priced from £10 for adults (£5 concessions) and £1 for kids (Under-16s), are available to buy here or by telephoning the 'Quins Ticket Line (0871 527 1315).

For more information on Hospitality and sponsorship please contact Rhys Ford (email: Rhysf@sportingclass.com) or call 020 8948 1334

England Legends Squad: Jason Leonard, Duncan Bell, Stuart Turner, Kevin Yates, Garath Archer, Hugh Vyvyan, Jon Phillips, Kristian Chesney, Ben Sturnham, Martin Corry (Capt), Chris Sheasby, Shaun Perry, Andy Gomarsall, Kevin Sorrell, Dan Scarbrough, Matt Allen, Ollie Smith, Spencer Brown, David Rees, Jason Keyler, Jonathan Goodridge, Andy Lee, Paul Welch, Harvey Thorneycroft, Gregg Botterman, Matt Salter, Mark Venner, Simon Shaw, Howard Graham.

Ireland Legends Squad: Len Dineen, Shane Byrne (Capt), John Kelly, Geordan Murphy, Frankie Sheahan, Gary Halpin, Stephen Keogh, Liam Toland, David Corkery, Mick Galwey, Anthony Horgan, Adrian Flavin, Johnny O'Connor, Des Dillon, Gary Brown, Dave Moore, Chris Keane, Jan Cunningham, Simon Mason, Kieron Dawson, Jeremy Staunton, Barry Everitt, Chris Saverimutto, Mel Deane, Simon Keogh, Justin Bishop, Maurice Field, John O'Neill, Martin O'Keefe.