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Attention sports fans!
Don't miss your chance to see former sports stars and celebrities face off in the charity "Battle of the Balls" match, taking place on February 26th at Gloucester City FC. Rugby players, led by Captain Mike Tindall and managed by Harry Redknapp, will take on a team of...
Sports Stars and TV Personalities line up for charity ‘Battle of the Balls’ match at Millwall FC on Remembrance Day
Event Friday 11 November, Millwall FC Stadium, London A CHARITY football match is attracting huge support from former sports stars and celebrities as it draws closer to kick-off. Former professional footballer and TV personality, John Fashanu is a recent signing for...
RIP Lee Cole – Team Member of Rugby for Heroes 2015-2022
On behalf of everyone involved with Rugby for Heroes I would like to express our deepest sense of shock and sadness at the news of the passing of Lee Cole. Lee was a stalwart of the Charity having been one of the first candidates to qualify through our Transition...
Amanda’s Story
“I really couldn’t believe my luck with this course. It was definitely what I needed at that time in my life, giving me a qualification which I could take back to my civilian rugby club” Many servicemen and women would fully understand Amanda’s story. When she says “I...
Playing The Other Game – Rugby For Heroes v Gloucester Legends, 30th January 2022
A lively crowd of more than 1,600 packed the stands at New Meadow, the home of Gloucester AFC on Sunday to watch a Rugby For Heroes side led by World Cup legend Mike Tindall take on a Gloucester AFC invitational side. A goal free first quarter was played under...
Battle of the Balls
After the success of the Battle of the Codes, where our patron Mike Tindall and his Union friends challenged Keith Senior’s Rugby League team, our invitational squad now throws down the gauntlet to the football world. Can a team of rugby players play the round ball...
RIP Steve Lamb – Trustee of Rugby for Heroes 2012-2022
It is with deep sadness and regret that we announce the passing of Steve Lamb, a Trustee of Rugby for Heroes and brother of the Charity’s Head of Fundraising Alan Lamb. Steve had been involved with the Charity since its inception being one of the founder Trustees and...
Housebuilder David Wilson Homes support for RFH
Rugby for Heroes gets £1,000 boost from housebuilder - and challenges other businesses to be equally generous. Alan Lamb, founder and head of fundraising of Rugby for Heroes said "We are very grateful for David Wilson Homes' donation which will help us provide...
Rugby Remembers – Remembrance Week, 2021
The Armistice Week has been a busy time for the charity. We marked the day itself with an evening at the atmospheric Churchill War Rooms in London, where guests enjoyed a three course dinner and some rugby chat between our Patron, Mike Tindall, and our MC for the...
TTR course at Brockworth RFC, 17-22nd October 2021
A group full of great characters brought a range of different stories to our latest TTR course in Gloucester. All of the candidates shared a love of rugby, and thoroughly enjoyed the challenges placed before them by Chris Hurd, the coaching guru from RFU South...