A proposed match between the best players from the northern and southern hemispheres is in doubt because of reluctance on the part of Australia, NZ and England.

Australia is yet to make a commitment to the match, while the All Blacks and England players look unlikely to be released by their federations, but a report from London says the November 30 clash at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff has been confirmed.

The report said former Wallabies coach Rod Macqueen will lead the southern side with current English coach Clive Woodward to look after the northerners.

And there was also the claim that "all the major nations have agreed to release up to half-a-dozen of their star names to set up the prospect of Jonah Lomu, Bobby Skinstad and George Gregan up against Jonny Wilkinson, Olivier Magne and Brian O'Driscoll".

The Australian Rugby Union responded to the report by saying it had yet to receive any details of the said match, while Macqueen said there had been no contact with him regarding the coaching possibility.

"Last year SANZAR collectively rejected the idea for a northern hemisphere-southern hemisphere match," an ARU spokesman said. "Our position is yet to be settled, we're still awaiting details."

The New Zealand Rugby Football Union added that there had been no change to the situation since the possibility was first raised during the British and Irish Lions' tour of Australia in 2001, when it stated it would not release its players.

"We basically said we're not going to be party to that," an NZRFU spokesman said. "Our attitude hasn't really changed. We're not saying anything about it at this stage."

International Rugby Board chairman Vernon Pugh is the driving force behind the match, which he sees as a fund-raiser for emerging nations, and he claims to have signed four of the six event sponsors needed for it to go ahead.

"The date has been fixed for November 30 and the venue is almost certainly agreed as the Millennium Stadium," Pugh told The Sunday Telegraph.

"The commercial side looks good and we're still waiting for best offers on TV. I'm hopeful that with a full gate we'll raise up to STG4 million ($A10.98 million)."

Australian players would be in their off-season when the match is scheduled, but it would be a different story for English players with the match to be held at the same time as the English premier club season is in effect.

And senior officials at the Rugby Football Union have questioned the commercial feasibility of the match.

"We like the principle of a match to generate more revenue to help the developing world," said RFU chief executive Francis Baron.

"However, we have severe reservations around the commercial practicality of a north-south match. We were asked whether we would like to hold the match at Twickenham but declined because we don't think we would be able to sell the capacity.

"We reckon a north-south contest might get around 30,000 but no more. There are also problems with player release. Under our agreement with the clubs we would not be able to require them to release players to play in the game."