Naiyaravoro to start for Barbarians against Samoa in RWC warm-up match

Taqele Naiyaravoro will start for the Barbarians at number 14 when they take on Samoa in a Rugby World Cup warm‑up match this Saturday.

Nayaravoro who has been dropped from the Wallabies is still in the extended squad for their test match against USA on the 5th of next month.

Carl Hayman, Luke Burgess and Christian Lealiifano are the other Australian based players in the team.

Former Samoa International, Paul Williams gets the nod at full‑back.

Barbarians: 15 Paul Williams, 14 Taqele Naiyaraovoro, 13 Ben Tapuai, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Dwayne Sweeney, 10 Christian Lealiifano, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Luke Jones, 4 Bakkies Botha (c), 3 Carl Hayman, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Benn Robinson.

Replacements: 16 Tolu Latu, 17 Josh Hohneck, 18 Maks van Dyk, 19 Ali Williams, 20 Jacques Potgieter, 21 Nic Groom, 22 Mike Harris, 23 Tom English.

Source : Planet rugby