England’s Alex Goode and Steffon Armitage are in the Barbarians starting line-up facing their national side at Twickenham on Sunday.
The Saracens full-back and Pau flanker – five European Cup titles between them – are the English element in Vern Cotter’s cosmopolitan invitation outfit.
The former Scotland head coach has players from 11 different countries with 599 international appearances between them in the 15 taking the field led by France’s Thierry Dusautoir.
The back-line includes Australia’s 2015 World Cup finalist Adam Ashley-Cooper, South Africa centre Frans Steyn and Ireland’s Bristol-bound fly-half Ian Madigan.
In the forwards are Gloucester duo Richard Hibbard and Jeremy Thrush, and a powerful back row that sees Dusautoir and Armitage combine with Argentina’s athletic number eight Facundo Isa.
World Cup winners Ben Franks and Ruan Pienaar are on the bench along with Scotland prop WP Nel, on the comeback trail after recovering from the neck injury that ruled him out of this season’s Six Nations.
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 June 1.
Barbarians: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Yann David, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Kahn Fotuali'i, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 Thierry Dusautoir, 5 Jeremy Thrush, 4 Patricio Albacete, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili
Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Ben Franks, 18 WP Nel, 19 Joe Tekori, 20 Gillian Galan, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Robbie Fruean, 23 Horacio Agulla
Date: Sunday, May 28
Venue: Twickenham
Kick-off: 15:00 local (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Andy Brace (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Marius Mitrea (Italy), Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
TMO: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
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