Matfield to captain Barbarians

Former South Africa lock Victor Matfield will captain a Barbarians team containing 10 different nationalities and more than a thousand test caps for Sunday's international against Australia at Twickenham.

The Barbarians have put together a powerful, experienced lineup as they attempt to follow up wins over New Zealand and South Africa in the last two years with another over Australia, which will treat the match as a useful warm up ahead of a test against Wales in Cardiff on Dec 3rd.

All Blacks, World Cup winning coach, Graham Henry and Steve Hansen will guide the side which also includes Keven Mealamu, Jerome Kaino, Adam Thomson and Isaia Toeava in the starting team.

Fijian duo, Seru Rabeni and Nemia Kenatale are on the reserve bench.

Former Australia captain Stirling Mortlock and South Africa winger Bryan Habana are also in the team.

The Barbarians and Australia match kicks-off on Sunday at 3.30am.

Story by: Dreu Vukailagi