Meet Your Mountain: The Rugby Battle

This isn’t your average hike. It’s Meet Your Mountain: The Rugby Battle, an event created by CHX Challenge in partnership with Restart, the official Players’ Charity.

From 16 - 19 October 2025, teams of retired rugby legends will take on Chamonix for two epic days of mountain climbing and endurance - and they need your help. Each team will face off against one another, competing to top the leaderboard, raise the most money, and conquer the Alps.

Representing the Wasps Legends are Joe Simpson, Ruaridh Jackson, Rob Miller, Charlie Davies, and Ed Jackson. Over two days, they’ll push themselves to the limit: climbing 4,000m of altitude (1.5 times the height of the British Three Peaks) and completing a 60km ultramarathon across rugged alpine trails.

With over 3,000 appearances for club and country, here are their rivals who are confirmed to take part in the challenge:

• Harlequins Legends: Mark Lambert, Will Skinner, Matt Symons, Matt Hopper, Dave Lewis and Ben Glynn.
• Gloucester Legends: Mark Atkinson, Charlie Sharples, Luke Narraway, James Simpson Daniel, James Forrester
• Worcester Warriors Legends: GJ Van Velze, Chris Pennell, Conor Carey, Isaac Miller
• Prem Legends: Will Welch, Alex Tait, Richard de Carpentier and future names to be confirmed
• Red Roses Legends: Vicky McQueen, Susie Appleby, Chris Diver and future names to be confirmed.

All funds raised will support Restart and each club’s foundation.

Please consider supporting the players as they take on this extraordinary challenge. You can donate now by clicking here.