Rob Burrows All Star team featuring legends of Rugby League and celebrities to battle it out in charity game
Stars of Leeds Rhinos, Hull and celebrities from TV and YouTube are set to battle it out in an epic rugby league match this April.
The two teams of ‘veterans’ have come out of sporting retirement to stretch their legs and get back to what they do best, playing rugby and all for good causes.
Wayne Godwin Allstars Team will battle it out with Rob Burrow’s All Stars team.
What is it?
The charity running the event is called Life for a kid which aims to help children under 16 by offering funds and equipment to help lead them into a better life.
Details of the Charity Game
Rugby League All stars
Thursday April 20th Millennium Stadium Featherstone
7:15pm kickoff
Here is the Wayne waggga Godwin Allstars Team:
Sean Gleeson – former Widnes, Wakefield and Salford player.
Jodie Broughton– Current Batley player, but has played for Leeds Rhinos, Hull FC, Catalan Dragons among others.
Richard Whiting – Former Hull FC, Featherstone Rovers and Toronto player.
Ben Westwood – Former Wakefield and Warrington player
Waine Pryce – Former Castleford, Wakefield, Featherstone, Hunslet and York player
Kevin Brown – Former Huddersfield, Wigan, Warrington, Leigh and Salford player, now a pundit.
Ritchie Hawkyard– Former Bradford, Swinton, Oldham and Keighley player.
Luke Adamson – Former Salford, Halifax, Dewsbury, Oldham, Rochdale and current Leigh player.
Wayne Godwin (captain) – Former Castleford, Wigan, Hull FC, Bradford, Salford and Dewsbury player.
Paul Jackson – Former Huddersfield, Wakefield, Castleford, Whitehaven and Dewsbury player.
Ewan Dowes – Former Leeds, Hull FC, Workington and Dewsbury player.
Steve Snitch – Former Wakefield, Huddersfield, Castleford, Northern Pride and Doncaster player.
Ryan Hudson – Former Huddersfield, Wakefield, Castleford, Bradford player.
Ryan Boyle – Former Castleford, Salford, Halifax and Doncaster player.
Tommy Lee– Former Hull FC, Crusaders, Wakefield, Huddersfield, London, Salford, St Helens, Hull KR and Halifax player.
James Buster Feather – Former Keighley player
Kelvin Fletcher – Played Andy Sugden in Emmerdale for 20 years, he is also a model, racing driver, presenter.
Danny Brough– Former Dewsbury, York, Hull FC, Castleford, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Bradford player.
Tom Spencer – Former Wigan, Leigh, South Wales Scorpions, Oldham, London and Swinton player.
Scott Donald – Former North Queensland Cowboys, Parramatta Eels, Manly Sea Eagles and Leeds player.
Neil Turley – Former Leigh player.
Jonny Hepworth – Former Leeds, London, Castleofrd and Featherstone player.
Ross Peltier – Former Keighley, Bradford, Doncaster and Featherstone player.
Danny Tickle – Former Halifax, Wigan, Hull FC, Widnes, Castleford, Leigh, Hull KR and Workington player.
Lee Mossop – Former Wigan, Barrow, Huddersfield, Parramatta Eels, Wigan, Workington and Salford.
Phil Joseph – Former Huddersfield, Swinton, Hull KR, Halifax, Oldham, Swinton, Bradford and Workington player.
Luke Robinson – Former Wigan, Castleford, Salford and Huddersfield player.
Lee Radford – Former Hull FC and Bradford player, and former Hull FC and Castleford coach .
Other players include Dean Sharp, Dean Sier, Chris Ingy, Adam Lamping and John Croft.
The opposition team is Rob Burrows All Star Team
Jordan Tansey– Former Leeds, Sydney Roosters, Hull FC, Dewsbury, Crusaders, York, Castleford, Wakefield and Huddersfield player.
Ashley Gibson – Former Leeds, Salford, Castleford, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Bradford and Newcastle player.
Ben Jones-Bishop – Former Leeds, Harlequins, Salford, Wakefield, York and Sheffield player.
Keith Senior (captain) – Former Sheffield and Leeds player.
Danny Mcguire– Former Leeds and Hull KR player and former team mate of Rob Burrow
Gary Hulse – Former Warrington, Widnes, Rochdale and Swinton player.
Dean Hoggard BEM– Operations at Life for a Kid
Mike Emmett – Former Keighley, York and Doncaster player
Paul Wood– Former Warrington, Featherstone and Swinton player
Jamie Thackeray – Former Hunslet, Doncaster 2 loan spells, Halifax, Castleford, Hull FC, Leeds, Crusaders, South Wales Scorpions, Barrow, Limoux Grizelles, Workington, Atherton Roosters, Turmut Blues, London Broncos, Keighley and Whitehaven player.
Gareth Ellis– Former Wakefield, Leeds, Wests Tigers and Hull FC player.
Benji Lloyd– Fundraiser for RL cares
Ben Woods– former rugby union player
Tommy Gallagher– Former Keighley, York, London, Widnes, Hull KR, Batley, Widnes, Rochdale, Swinton, Leigh and Dewsbury player.
Danny Malin – Rate my Takeaway Youtube star
Paul Rose– former Hull KR, Hull FC and Dapto Canaries player
Chris Armstrong – Former Australian player
Paul Evans– Former Cronulla, Western Reds, Paris Saint Germain, Dewsbury and Barrowplayer.
Other players include Dane Bentley, Ian Needham, Frankie Wilson, Lee Kelsey, a prize winner, Trevor Penrose and Danny Hoggard who are not rugby players, but they are joining in the fun.
How to sponsor, buy tickets and what the money goes towards
To sponsor a player email [email protected]
Purchase tickets for the game at bit.ly/FRAllStars23
£10 Adults £5 Children
Raising Funds for The Leeds Hospital Charity and Life for a Kid