Victor, Lood start for Baa-Baas

Springboks Lood de Jager and Victor Matfield will start for the Barbarians in Saturday's match against Argentina at Twickenham.

The two World Cup Boks will combine in the second row, while Sharks front rower Thomas du Toit will start at loosehead prop. Fellow South Africans Pat Lambie, Cobus Reinach, Bakkies Botha and Francois Venter are set to play off the bench.

Barbarians coach Michael Cheika has selected a powerful side, which includes the likes of All Blacks World Cup star Nehe Milner-Skudder and Wallabies captain Stephen Moore.

Barbarians – 15 Nehe Milner-Skudder, 14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Nemani Nadolo, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Stephen Hoiles, 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Thomas du Toit.
Subs: 16 James Hanson, 17 Jamie Mackintosh, 18 Toby Smith, 19 Bakkies Botha, 20 Jarrad Butler, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Pat Lambie, 23 Francois Venter, 24 Joe Tomane.
 
Argentina – 15 Ramiro Moyano, 14 Matías Moroni, 13 Jerónimo De la Fuente, 12 Santiago González Iglesias, 11 Santiago Cordero, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo (c), 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Matías Alemanno, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Lucas Noguera
Substitutes: 16 Santiago Iglesias Valdez, 17 Santiago García Botta, 18 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 19 Tomas Lezana, 20 Leonardo Senatore, 21 Felipe Ezcurra, 22 Gabriel Ascarate, 23 Emiliano Boffelli
 
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