Steyn at 12 for Barbarians

Frans Steyn will start at inside centre for the Barbarians against England at Twickenham on Sunday.

Steyn, who was this week recalled to the Springbok squad, is the only South African in the Baa-Baas XV, with Schalk Brits, WP Nel (who now plays for Scotland) and Ruan Pienaar on the bench.

The Barbarians are facing England for the 16th time – England lead the series 8-7 – before taking on Ulster at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast on 1 June.

Barbarians – 15 Alex Goode (Saracens & England), 14 Timoci Nagusa (Montpellier & Fiji), 13 Yann David (Toulouse & France), 12 Frans Steyn (Montpellier & South Africa), 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Bordeaux-Begles & Australia), 10 Ian Madigan (Bordeaux-Begles & Ireland), 9 Kahn Fotuali’i (Bath Rugby & Samoa), 8 Facundo Isa (Lyon & Argentina), 7 Steffon Armitage (Pau & England), 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse & France, c), 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse & France, captain), 5 Jeremy Thrush (Gloucester & New Zealand), 4 Patricio Albacete (Toulouse & Argentina), 3 Census Johnston (Toulouse & Samoa), 2 Richard Hibbard (Gloucester & Wales), 1 Mikheil Nariashvili (Montpellier & Georgia).
Subs: 16 Schalk Brits (Saracens & South Africa), 17 Ben Franks (London Irish & New Zealand), 18 WP Nel (Edinburgh & Scotland), 19 Joe Tekori (Toulouse & Samoa), 20 Gillian Galan (Toulouse), 21 Ruan Pienaar (Ulster & South Africa), 22 Robbie Fruean (Bath Rugby), 23 Horacio Agulla (Castres & Argentina).

England team

Photo: Pascal Guyota/AFP Photo

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