Ahead of The Slater Cup fixture against Leicester Tigers on Sunday 12 March, kick off 1pm, a group of former Gloucester Rugby and Leicester Tigers legends will be undertaking a 12 hour fitness challenge to raise money for Ed Slater and his family – and you can be involved!
Ed Slater played for Leicester Tigers for seven years, captaining the club during two seasons. He signed for Gloucester Rugby in 2017, making 90 appearances for the Cherry and Whites before retiring in June 2022, following his diagnosis with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
Captained by Mike Tindall and Dean Richards, the teams consisting of former players including Phil Vickery and Tom Youngs will start at 12.30am on Sunday morning ready for an intense 12 hours of cycling and rowing before the teams kick off later that day.
Gates open at 11am, and for a minimum £10 donation, you can have the opportunity to race the former professionals in the fan zone and get your name on the leaderboard.
To donate to this epic challenge, click here.
ickets are still available for the fixture with £5 from every ticket going to Ed and his family. Click here to get yours now.
Team Glos
Mike Tindall (c), Alex Brown, James Forrester, Charlie Sharples, Phil Vickery, Ian Smith, Nick Wood, Mark Atkinson, Darren Dawduik, James Hudson.
Team Tigers
Dean Richards (c) Anthony Allen, Matt Cornwell, Craig Newby, Scott Hamilton, Ben Woods, Tom Youngs, Sam Vesty, Graham Kitchener, Richard Blaze.
Ranked: The Highest-Paid Player At Each Gallagher Premiership Club
Starting from the lowest wage, here is the ranking of the highest-paid players at each Gallagher Premiership club for the 2022-23 season.
#11. Matias Moroni (Newcastle Falcons) – £320,000
Matias joined the Falcons in the summer of 2022, having helped Leicester Tigers to win the 2021-22 Gallagher Premiership title.
Starting in the Twickenham final for the Tigers, the Buenos Aires native brings a huge amount of big-game experience to the North East and boasts ‘intensity’ as his chief attribute.
Capped more than 50 times by Argentina, he has also represented his homeland at Sevens during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, having began his career with Club Universitario de Buenos Aires (CUBA) in his home city.
#10. Adam Hastings (Gloucester) – £450,000
One of Gloucester Rugby’s biggest signings this season, Hastings will be looking to bring his attacking flare and experience to Kingsholm.
A Scotland international, the fly-half joins the Cherry & Whites from Glasgow Warriors where he has excelled since arriving in 2017.
With Premiership experience having previously played at Bath, Hastings’ arrival at Gloucester Rugby is hugely exciting and the club is set to have good competition for places at fly-half.
#9. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby) – £450,000
Underhill has developed into a world-class back rower at Bath Rugby.
He came on to the scene at 17 featuring a couple of times for Gloucester before switching to Ospreys where he firmly introduced himself with Wales and England vying for his international commitment.
Born in USA, Underhill did captain England at Under-18 level and moved to Bath Rugby in 2017, making his full international debut in Argentina following on from a non-cap appearance against the Barbarians.
#8. Marcus Smith (Harlequins) – £460,000
Smith’s rapid rise shows no signs of slowing down – it took barely a year for him to go from captaining Brighton College in an unbeaten season to involvement in the senior England squad.
Marcus became the second-youngest Premiership debutant in history, behind George Ford, when making his Harlequins bow against London Irish aged 18 years and 200 days in September 2017.
The fly-half made 28 appearances for Harlequins in all competitions during the 2017/18 season, scoring three tries on his way to 208 points. He was named as an apprentice in the England party for the Old Mutual Wealth series that autumn and continued in that role during the 2018 NatWest Six Nations. He made his Test debut in 2021 against the USA and contributed 13 points, including a try, to their 43-19 victory.
In 2021 he was called up to the British & Irish Lions squad and kicked all seven conversions in their game against the Stormers. Steve Borthwick named Smith in his squad for the 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship.
