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In 2008 Stuart Mangan, suffered a severe spinal injury while playing rugby for my club and tragically died on the 7th August 2009. Stuart was only 26.

His injury and death greatly affected the international rugby playing community and an idea that began between Stuart and Matt Hampson (England Under 20’s Prop while Stuart was in hospital), for an England vs. Ireland Legends Charity game, was later developed by Shane Byrne and Len Dineen of Ireland & Martin Corry and Jason Leonard of England, in to the now famous Legends Match.

The first Legends Match was played at the Stoop in 2010 on the eve of the 6 Nations match and the cup they still play for is the Stuart Mangan Memorial Trophy.

The inaugural "Curtain Raiser" match took place in 2013 when HFRFC Vets were invited over to Dublin and played against Bective RFC, In 2014 they played at the Stoop against London Irish and this year a Vets tournament is to take place with the RAF, Wasps, Fire Service Rugby and HFRFC battling it out for the prestigious Vets Trophy.

So far the match has raised over £64,000 for the Legends charities and the aim of the match is to again raise as much money as possible in Stuart’s memory,for RFU Injured Players and the IRFU Charitable Trust,that both do so much good work in looking after over 150 seriously injured players.

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