Barbarians turn to South Africa for November games

The Barbarians will have a South African flavour for their matches against the Wallabies and Leicester Tigers in early November.



Barbarians coach Sir John Kirwan has called up former England prop Matt Stevens for the games and he is joined by Eastern Province Kings' CJ Van der Linde and Cheetahs' Coenie Oosthuizen and Heinrich Brussow.

He has also called upon the services of Sharks flanker Thomas du Toit, Stormers' Michael Rhodes and back-row Jacques Botes.



Stevens said: "I've always wanted to play for the Barbarians - it's one of the brilliant traditions of the game.

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