By Graham Thomas

Ieuan Evans and Scott Gibbs prepare for battle at Twickenham

Scott Gibbs has revealed that the prospect of "unfinished business" at Twickenham has helped tempt him out of retirement.

The former Wales centre - now 37 - will play his first game of rugby union for four years when he leads an International Select XV, picked by Ieuan Evans, against the Help for Heroes XV on 20 September.

Gibbs will confront a team led by Lawrence Dallaglio, and also featuring Martin Johnson, with the three Lions heroes and icons of the European game coming together to raise �1m for British servicemen wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Another totemic figure who is coming out of retirement is Jonah Lomu, while the rest of the two squads are to made up from current players from the Guinness Premiership and Magners League, overseas stars, and players from the armed forces.

Despite winning 53 caps and going on three Lions tours, Gibbs never managed a victory at Twickenham in his 10-year Test career - although he did score arguably the most famous Welsh try ever against England to win the Wembley clash in 1999.

He said: "Having seen Wales perform so well and get a victory against England at Twickenham it reminded me that Twickenham was a place where victory always eluded me.

"In a sense it's matter of unfinished business and I'm going there to win.

"I had a phone call out of the blue from Ieuan who said he had been asked to be the manager for the international select XV .

Scott Gibbs scores his famous try against England in 1999

"He said that was subject to fitness and so here I am.

"Fortuitously, Ieuan contacted me just as I was preparing for a half-marathon so I'd been working out.

"Now, I feel great and it's just a case of getting to match fitness level.

"I played last year in a rugby league benefit match for a friend of mine who's not well.

"That was a tough challenge, but on the big stage of Twickenham I'm hoping I'll be able to respond."

"It really has given me something positive to look forward to, especially as the game is being played for such a worthwhile cause."

Team manager Evans has been scouring the world to try to find the "seven or eight eye-catching names that will ensure the International Select XV can really compete on the day".

He said: "For such a prestigious occasion as this we need to have a team that can do justice to the occasion.

"I don't think I've ever been invited to be a part of a worthier cause than this and I am proud to be a part of this fixture."

For Gibbs the one-off return to the game could yet be the forerunner to a future role in rugby.

"I do have strong ambitions to return to the sport, but it might be another couple of years until I stick my oar in.

"If I am to return it will definitely be in a hands-on role, right at the coal-face.

"That's what any athlete really misses when they stop - the day-to-day interaction with other players."