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Oliver leads Baa-baas horde

The 'Fun-bus' rolls into Twickers for the last time

Former All Blacks captain Anton Oliver has been named as captain of the Barbarians for the team's final match of the Staffware Challenge Tour against England at Twickenham on Sunday.


Jason Leonard: Tickets please!

The game also signals the final appearance of England legend Jason Legend at Twickenham - surely this will be the Fun Bus' last stop - as the Baa-baas look to make amends for their rather embarrassing 42-0 defeat at the hands of the Welsh Dragons on Wednesday.

Of the team that fell over in the face of Wales, only Northampton fullback Bruce Reihana, former Wallaby centre Nathan Grey, and former Springbok skipper Andre Vos have survived the axe of coach Bob Dwyer.

The rest? Well they have been replaced by the Baa-baas horde that ran in six tries to knock over Scotland and lay siege to Murrayfield last weekend.

Reihana has moved out to the wing for the match against England, and he will be keen to put one over his adopted countrymen after a lackluster performance against Wales.

England coach Clive Woodward has named an inexperienced side to face up to the Baa-baas at Twickenham - Sir Clive is looking to see if his young charges can 'step up to the plate' - and they will face an awesome force on Sunday.

Woodward has selected only Leeds hooker Mark Regan from the England senior squad - with the rest of the team tyo take on the Baa-baas made up of untested players. 

You could not ask for a harsher introduction to Test rugby than from a team boasting 687 caps between them - and that's just in the run-on team - although Leonard alone contributes 114 of them.

The Barbarians:15 Thomas Castaignede (Saracens and France), 14 Shane Horgan (Leinster and Ireland), 13 Brian ODriscoll (Leinster and Ireland), 12 Nathan Grey (NSW Waratahs and Australia), 11 Bruce Reihana (Northampton and New Zealand), 10 David Humphreys (Ulster and Ireland), 9 Mark Robinson (Northampton and New Zealand), 8 Taine Randell (Saracens and New Zealand), 7 Andre Vos (Harlequins and South Africa), 6 Owen Finegan (ACT Brumbies and Australia), 5 Mark Andrews (Newcastle and South Africa), 4 Malcolm O'Kelly (Leinster and Ireland), 3 Cobus Visagie (Saracens and South Africa), 2 Anton Oliver (capt) (Highlanders and New Zealand), 1 Jason Leonard (Harlequins and England).
Replacements: 16 Matt Sexton (Ulster), 17 Greg Feek (Auckland Blues and New Zealand), 18 Olivier Magne (Montferrand and France), 19 Bobby Skinstad (Newport Gwent Dragons and South Africa, 20 Neil De Kock (Stormers and South Africa), 21 Damien Traille (Pau and France), 22 Matthew Burke (NSW and Australia).

Kick-off: 15.00 (14.00 GMT)



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