with his professional partner .
We thought it timely to look back at the interesting selection England XV last fielded for Rugby Aid in 2015.
The game was in aid of RUGBY FOR HEROES of which England captain Mike Tindall MBE is Patron.
The Rest of the World ultimately won the match 36-29 at Twickenham Stoop.
One of the standout moments of the game was Jamie Laing (Actor Made In Chelsea) being absolutely smashed by former All Black Brad Thorn.
CELEBRITY PLAYERS:
Louie Spence (dance expert)
He might be a natural on the dance floor, but he proved he's got what it takes to hold his own on the rugby pitch too. Spence actually appeared to square up to Shane Williams during the game.
Vassos Alexander (Radio 2/5 Live)
He is currently the sports presenter of
The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on
Virgin Radio.
Alexander hosts the
Parkrun podcast, he is a motivational speaker and serves as an ambassador for the young person's charity
SkillForce.
Gary Beadle (Celebrity Geordie Shore)
In 2015, he appeared in the
second series of
Ex on the Beach, and later returned to take part in the All stars
fifth series in 2016. In 2019, Beadle began starring in the MTV series Geordie OGs, a spinoff series of Geordie Shore.
Harry Judd (McBusted)
He is the drummer for the band
McFly. Judd also won the 2011 series of
Strictly Come Dancing.
JB Gill (JLS)
He is best known as a member of boy band
JLS, who came second on
The X Factor in 2008. They went on to have five number-one singles and sold over 10 million records worldwide before disbanding in December 2013.
Rav Wilding (TV Presenter)
He is a British television presenter, and police officer in
British Transport Police whose former professions include security guard at
Harrods, soldier and having served in the
Metropolitan Police Service prior to becoming a presenter of
Crimewatch between June 2004 to December 2011. He has presented
Crimewatch Roadshow since 2009.
Terry Hollands (England’s Strongest Man)
He is a competitor at the
World's Strongest Man and
Europe's Strongest Man competitions.
Kelvin Fletcher (Actor Emmerdale)
He played
Andy Sugden in the
ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role he played from 1996 until 2016. In 2019, Fletcher won the
seventeenth series of
Strictly Come DancingTom Parker (Pop Star The Wanted
as achieved 10 UK top 10 singles and has released 3 UK top 10 albums. The band also achieved widespread international success and has sold over 10 million records.
Dion Dublin (Footballer & TV presenter)
Born in
Leicester and of Nigerian descent, he was
capped four times for
England. Dublin started his career as a centre-back with Norwich City Reserves, but made his name at
Cambridge United as a
centre-forward. He then went on to other clubs which included
Manchester United,
Coventry City,
Millwall,
Aston Villa,
Leicester City and
Celtic.
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