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Heroes call for Chariots
By Kath 24/7/08 July 24 2008
Martin ‘Chariots’ Offiah will roll into Twickenham on September 20 as he puts his 500 try-scoring wheels back into action for the Help for Heroes campaign. The 41-year-old rugby league legend nicknamed after the film ‘Chariots of Fire’ will line up alongside Martin Johnson, Will Greenwood, Dan Luger, Mark Regan and captain Lawrence Dallaglio to take on an International XV

Heroes call for Chariots 

Martin Offiah, Salford City Reds


Martin ‘Chariots’ Offiah will roll into Twickenham on September 20 as he puts his 500 try-scoring wheels back into action for the Help for Heroes campaign.
 
The 41-year-old rugby league legend nicknamed after the film ‘Chariots of Fire’ will line up alongside Martin Johnson, Will Greenwood, Dan Luger, Mark Regan and captain Lawrence Dallaglio to take on an International XV featuring the likes of Jonah Lomu (kick off 2.30pm).
 
Offiah, whose 501 career try tally was surpassed only by Brian Bevan and Billy Boston, said:

 “I have been watching a lot of American sports, especially the NFL and I’ve noticed how much support they give to their service men and women.
 
“Our forces are doing a fantastic job and I wanted to help in any way I can, that’s why I have decided to take part.”
 


The Strictly Come Dancing star - who came fourth in the hit BBC TV series in 2004 – is currently taking part in the Channel Five series of Supertars (Fridays at 8pm) with ex-England international Mike Catt.
 
“It’s been good fun taking part with Catty. It’s been good training for me and I haven’t done too badly, I can’t be too unfit as I did really well in the gym test,” he said.
 
“Since retiring I haven’t really played much rugby, it’s been more football. Just recently I have been playing a bit of touch to get myself back into it but now I’ve got exactly eight weeks full training to get myself ready for such a huge match.”
 
The Help for Heroes XV, managed by former England captain Phil de Glanville, will face an International XV managed by Ieuan Evans and captained by Scott Gibbs. The match aims to raise £1million for Help for Heroes charity and the care and rehabilitation of injured British service personnel who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 


 
Tickets for the Help for Heroes match on September 20 are available from Ticketmaster on 0844 8472492 or www.Ticketmaster.co.uk 
 
 
Tickets are priced from £20 for adults, £10 for juniors (under 16) with a family ticket for two adults and two children costing £50.00.  
 
 

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Gibbs can't wait to catch up with Offiah
International Select XV skipper Scott Gibbs can't wait to catch up with his former rugby league rival Martin Offiah at Twickenham Stadium on 20 September in the Help for Heroes Challenge Match.

"Perhaps 'catch up' is not the right phrase," admitted Scott, "because Martin was the quickest player I ever saw on a rugby field. It will be great to see him again and have a chat about old times.

"We crossed swords in a number of Wigan v St Helen's derby matches when I was playing rugby league. You simply couldn't give him an inch because he'd be away.

"He was probably the hardest player to defend against over the full 80 minutes because you knew that if he got a sniff of some space he had the speed to exploit it. He had a great career with both Widnes and Wigan and it will be nice to see how he gets on against our secret weapon, Jonah Lomu.

"Now that is a battle between two rugby giants of different codes that is well worth the ticket price on 20 September."

Gibbs, a full four years younger than the 41-year-old Offiah, is also coming out of retirement to lead the International Select XV. His training is going well and on Sunday he will be joining Wales Grand Slam prop Gethin Jenkins on the starting line of the Bupa Great Wales Run over 10k in Cardiff Bay.

"Gethin had a fantastic season with Wales and has established himself as one of the best prop forwards in the world. It will be interesting to see if I can keep up with him on the day," said Gibbs.



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