THE Barbarians will field a selection comprising players from five nations for the Peace International against Ireland at Lansdowne Road, on Saturday week. The match is being staged in association with Guinness.
Some of the most distinguished names in the game are in the Barbarians side, including the world's leading cap winner French centre Philippe Sella and, as already announced, the leading try scorer in the history of international rugby, David Campese. Sella will be partnered at centre by Philip de Glanville, of England.
Campese, who has won 16 of his 92 international caps at full back for Australia, will play at full back with All Black Eric Rush on one wing and the world's most capped wing Rory Underwood on the other.
All Black Steve Bachop, who played for Blackrock College a few years ago for two seasons, will be at outside half, partnered by Springbok Johan Roux. Roux played in three World Cup matches during South Africa's successful campaign last summer.
The front row will be the all-Leicester trio of England loose-head prop Graham Rowntree and England A caps, hooker Richard Cockerill and tight head Darren Garforth. They are the only uncapped players in the side, maintaining the Barbarians tradition of including at least one uncapped player in every match.
The back five is exceptionally formidable. Warwick Waugh of Australia will be partnered by Olivier Roumat (France) in the second row and the back row is Francois Pienaar, who captained South Africa to win the World Cup, Ben Clarke of England, and Laurent Cabannes of France.
The referee will be Derek Bevan of Wales, who refereed the 1991 World Cup final.
"We are very grateful to the overseas rugby unions who gave us such superb support and cooperation," said Micky Steele-Bodger, the Barbarians president when he announced the side in Dublin yesterday evening. There will be a special Peace Trophy, manufactured in Belfast, for the match and one minute's silence will be observed prior to the game for those who have lost their lives in the Northern Ireland troubles.
The guests of honour will be children from both sides of the border and from Britain.
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