As long as rugby is played, the league v union debate will rage on. Legends of the two codes will go head-to-head this weekend in The 745 Game – albeit for a good cause.
The charity match returns for a third year, this time at Mattioli Woods Welford Road, which is the home of Leicester Tigers, to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease.
Created in tribute to Rob Burrow (no. 7), Ed Slater (no. 4), and Doddie Weir (no. 5) and born from an idea first discussed by Burrow and Slater, all proceeds from The 745 Game go to their three respective foundations – the Rob Burrow Discretionary Trust, 4ED Foundation, and My Name's Doddie Foundation.
It may bring both rugby communities together but make no mistake, both Team Slater, which is made up of former rugby union players, and Team Burrow, which is a host of famous faces from rugby league, will be desperate to come out on top in the 13-a-side modified-rules exhibition match.
Celebrity Traitors star Joe Marler, his former England teammate Ben Youngs, and Great Britain icon Adrian Morley are set to lace up their boots, but who else will be taking to the pitch at Welford Road?
Radio Times outlines full list of former players involved in The 745 Game 2026.
Who is playing in The 745 Game 2026?
The full squads have now been confirmed by The 745 Game ahead of kick-off on Sunday.
Team Burrow is made up of former rugby league players, while Team Slater is ex-rugby union players.
- Luke Ambler (Former Halifax & Harlequins prop)
- Ryan Atkins (Former England, Wakefield & Warrington centre)
- Ben Westwood (Former England, Wakefield & Warrington second-row)
- Danny Brough (Former England & Scotland, Dewsbury, York, Hull, Castleford, Wakefield & Huddersfield half-back)
- Brett Delaney (Former Australia, Gold Coast & Leeds second-row)
- Ewan Dowes (Former Scotland, Hull & Dewsbury prop)
- Gareth Ellis (Former England & Great Britain, Wakefield, Leeds & Hull second-row)
- George Griffin (Former London Broncos, Hull KR, Salford & Wakefield prop)
- Chris Hill (Former England & Great Britain, Leigh, Warrington & Huddersfield prop)
- Danny Houghton (Former England Knights & Hull FC hooker)
- Darrell Griffin (Former England, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Leeds, Salford & Featherstone prop)
- Adrian Morley (Former England & Great Britain, Leeds, Sydney Roosters, Warrington & Salford forward)
- Keith Senior (Former England & Great Britain, Sheffield & Leeds centre)
- Kylie Leuluai (Former Samoa, Manly & Leeds prop)
- Leroy Cudjoe (Former England & Huddersfield centre)
- Luke Gale (Former England, Doncaster, Harlequins, Bradford, Castleford, Leeds & Hull FC scrum-half)
- Mark Flanagan (Former Bradford, Wigan, St Helens & Salford back-row)
- Michael Lawrence (Former Jamaica & Huddersfield back-row)
- Jermaine McGillvary (Former England & Huddersfield wing)
- Scott Murrell (Former Great Britain Academy, Hull KR, Halifax & Keighley half-back)
- Josh Griffin (Former England, Salford, Huddersfield, Hull FC & Wakefield centre)
- Waine Pryce (Former England A & Castleford, Wakefield, Featherstone & Hunslet wing)
- Richard Hawkyard (Former Wakefield & Huddersfield hooker)
- Sitiveni Rabuli (Former Fiji & rugby league prop)
- Wayne Godwin (Former England A, Castleford, Wigan, Bradford & Salford hooker)
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- Mark Atkinson (Former England & Gloucester centre)
- Scott Baldwin (Former Wales & Ospreys hooker)
- Josh Beaumont (Former Sale lock)
- Tommy Bell (Former Wasps & Leicester wing)
- Tom Cruse (Former Wasps hooker)
- Lee Dickson (Former England & Northampton scrum half)
- Andy Forsyth (Former Leicester, Northampton & Sale centre)
- Matt Garvey (Former London Irish & Bath utility forward)
- Richard Hibbard (Former Lions, Wales, Osprey & Gloucester hooker)
- Michael Holford (Former Leicester & Wasps prop)
- Owain James (Former Wasps wing)
- Tom Johnson (Former England & Exeter flanker)
- Graham Kitchener (Former Leicester lock)
- Alex Lewington (Former London Irish & Saracens wing)
- Joe Marler (Former England & Harlequins prop)
- Paddy McAlister (Former Ulster & Gloucester prop)
- Johne Murphy (Former Leinster & Munster wing)
- Ben Pienaar (Former Leicester & London Welsh flanker)
- Jake Polledri (Former Italy & Gloucester flanker)
- Joe Simpson (Former England & Wasps scrum half)
- Guy Thompson (Former Wasps flanker)
- Mike Tindall (Former England & Gloucester centre)
- Kyle Traynor (Former Scotland, Bristol & Edinburgh prop)
- Billy Twelvetrees (Former England & Gloucester fly-half)
- Dom Waldouck (Former England & Wasps centre)
- Alex Waller (Former Northampton Saints prop)
- Ben Weir (Son of Dodie Weir, former Scotland U18 lock)
- Ed Williamson (Former Newcastle, Leeds & London Welsh lock)
- Michael Young (Former Newcastle scrum half)
- Ben Youngs (Former Lions, England & Leicester scrum half)
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