Some MPs will put their bodies on the line tonight in a bid to promote the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

The Parliamentary rugby team will take to the field against an invitation diplomatic team from 13 embassies in Wellington.

The rugby union has donated jerseys, which will be bought by the players with proceeds going to the Samoa tsunami relief fund.

The match takes place at the Prince of Wales II Park, in the Wellington suburb of Mt Cook, at 6.30pm,

Earlier this month, the team played an invitational game in Rarotonga to launch the Cook Islands International Sevens Tournament. It consisted of Aaron Gilmore, Chris Tremain, Damien O?Connor, Shane Jones, John Carter, Chester Borrows and Cam Calder.