AAP
September 12, 2014, 10:50 am


Prince Harry will take centre stage in the Invictus Games as he joins stars of sport and entertainment for an exhibition wheelchair rugby match.

Harry will line up alongside Olympians as well as his cousin Zara Phillips and her Rugby World Cup-winning husband Mike Tindall, and fellow England rugby player Jason Robinson for the match at the Copper Box Arena on Friday night.

Rugby legend Jonny Wilkinson and former England rugby manager Sir Clive Woodward will lock horns as managers for each team in the competition, which will see the stars line up alongside wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women.

The match is part of the inaugural Invictus Games, championed by Harry, which sees 400 competitors from 13 nations go head-to-head in nine different adaptive sports over four days.

On Thursday Harry was joined by Prince William and Prince Charles at the games, declaring he was "thrilled" by how the track and field events had gone.

A total of 416 wounded troops from 13 countries - both serving and veterans - were welcomed to the inaugural Games by Harry at Wednesday's opening ceremony.

The participating countries are Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Afghanistan and the United States.

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