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| 23 May 2003, 9:22 am |
| Connors And Reihana In Baa-Baas Squad |
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Saints trio Bruce Reihana and Mark Connors are part of the strong line-up for invitational side that will be captained by
New Zealand back rower Taine Randell and will take on England at Twickenham on Sunday.
Randell, who captained the All Black squad to Europe last year in the absence of Tri-Nations captain Reuben Thorne, will pack down at No 8 in an all-New Zealand back row - Highlanders team-mate Sam Harding and Hurricanes flanker Jerry Collins completing the triumvirate.
The Baa-baas will go on to play Scotland at Murrayfield on May 28, before rounding off their tour against Wales in Cardiff on May 31.
Barbarians: 15 Percy Montgomery (Newport and South Africa); 14 Aisea Tuilevu (Highlanders and Fiji), 13 Thomas Castaignède (Saracens and France), 12 Jonathan Bell (Ulster and Ireland), 11 Bruce Reihana (Northampton and New Zealand); 10 David Humphreys (Ulster and Ireland), 9 Agustin Pichot (Bristol and Argentina); 8 Taine Randell (Highlanders and New Zealand, captain), 7 Sam Harding (Highlanders and New Zealand), 6 Jerry Collins (Hurricanes and New Zealand), 5 Mark Connors (Northampton and Australia), 4 AJ Venter (Sharks and South Africa), 3 Carl Hayman (Highlanders and New Zealand), 2 Matt Sexton (Ulster), 1 Christian Califano (Saracens and France).
Replacements: 16 Raphael Ibanez (Castres and France), 17 Franck Tournaire (Leicester and France), 18 Hottie Louw (Stormers and South Africa), 19 Ryan Strudwick (London Irish), 20 Mark Robinson (Auckland Warriors RL and New Zealand), 21 Felipe Contepomi (Bristol and Argentina), 22 Daryl Gibson (Bristol and New Zealand).
Kick off: May 25, 2003 - KO 3pm
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