Awesome Baa-Baas side announced
December 7, 2000

Lawrence Dallaglio will lead a Barbarians side containing four members of Australia's World Cup final-winning team against South Africa on Sunday.

In what is effectively a World XV, the line-up features 13 southern hemisphere internationals. Dallaglio and Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll are the exceptions while former Springboks hooker Naka Drotske opposes his countrymen.

Six Wallabies on duty include World Cup heroes Matt Burke, Daniel Herbert, Richard Harry and David Giffin, with a four-strong New Zealand representation headed by All Black superstar Christian Cullen.

Carlos Spencer and Agustin Pichot forge the half-back combination, while Dallaglio packs down at openside flanker alongside back-row colleagues Jim Williams and Ron Cribb.

The replacements' bench features three Irishmen Peter Clohessy, Malcolm O'Kelly and Andy Ward Wales fly-half Neil Jenkins and exciting England back Iain Balshaw.

The Millennium Stadium showpiece is expected to attract around 70,000 people as South Africa end their short European tour. It has yet to be decided whether or not the roof will be open or shut.

Team in full: C Cullen (New Zealand); M Burke (Australia), B O'Driscoll (Ireland), D Herbert (Australia), C Latham (Australia); C Spencer (New Zealand), A Pichot (Argentina); R Harry (Australia), N Drotske (South Africa), M Reggiardo (Argentina), N Maxwell (New Zealand), D Giffin (Australia), J Williams (Australia), L Dallaglio (England, capt), R Cribb (New Zealand).

Replacements: P Clohessy (Ireland), M Hammett (New Zealand), M O'Kelly (Ireland), A Ward (Ireland), B Kelleher (New Zealand), N Jenkins (Wales), I Balshaw (England).

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