{"id":1257,"date":"2011-12-01T11:57:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T11:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1257"},"modified":"2011-12-01T11:57:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T11:57:56","slug":"heroes-rugby-challenge-aims-to-raise-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/heroes-rugby-challenge-aims-to-raise-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes Rugby Challenge aims to raise \u00a31 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Heroes Rugby Challenge will take place on Saturday (December 3rd) at Twickenham Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>It will pit an all-star Northern Hemisphere side against an all-star Southern Hemisphere outfit.<\/p>\n<p>A number of ex-professionals are set to line up at the event &ndash; including Danny Grewcock, Kenny Logan and Ben Cohen &ndash; with all of the proceeds going to Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>It is hoped in excess of &pound;1 million will be collected through gate receipts and donations, while the cost 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