Barbarians v World XV: Teams, Fixtures and How to Watch Eddie Jones' returns to Twickenham

Barbarians coach Eddie Jones and World XV coach Steve Hansen have selected all-star line-ups for Sunday's fixture at Twickenham.

Jones will get a great look at his potential 10-12 combination for the World Cup with Wallabies Quade Cooper and Samu Kerevi selected to start.

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Wales legend Alun Wyn Jones captains the side, whilst former Wallaby Rob Simmons comes off the bench alongside Aaron Cruden and Francois Hougaard.

Italian flanker Michele Lamaro will captain the World XV which includes former Reds lock Harry Hockings, Nick Phipps and Israel Folau.

Fijian sensation Semi Radradra joins a stacked backline that includes Charles Piutau, Ngani Laumape and Sbu Nkosi.

Marika Koroibete was a late withdrawal from the World XV squad, replaced by Kaminieli Rasaku.

The game will mark Jones' return to the home of English Rugby for the first time since his departure.

The 63-year-old departed with the highest win record of any Red Rose boss with 73 per cent, moved on after a lean 2022.

Now he has turned his attention to reviving the Wallabies ahead of a possible quarter-final appearance against the side he oversaw for seven years at this September's World Cup.

In doing so, all connection with England has been severed.

"I don't watch England. I want that team to do okay, but there's no emotional attachment to that team any more," Jones said.

"I've been lucky enough to coach internationally and when I go to a team, I love the team I'm coaching, but then when I move I don't have any regrets, any bad feelings.

"England are just one of the six teams in the Six Nations. I watch them, I think about them like all the teams - how I would coach them if I had that team?

"And then if we come up against them I've already got something in my head."

BARBARIANS v WORLD XV TEAMS

BARBARIANS (15-1): Gareth Anscombe, Adam Radwan, Seta Tamanivalu, Samu Kerevi, Tevita Li, Quade Cooper (vc), Jack Maunder, Steven Luatua, Kai Yamamoto, Aaron Wainwright, Stephan Lewies, Alun Wyn Jones (c), Enrique Pieretto, Nic Bolly, Alex Waller

RESERVES: Harry Thacker, Tom West, Carlu Sadie, Rob Simmons, Sione Vailanu, Francois Hougaard, Aaron Cruden, Sam Johnson.

WORLD XV (15-1): Charles Piutau, Israel Folau, Semi Radradra, Ngani Laumape, Sbu Nkosi, Adam Hastings, Nick Phipps, Vilame Ratuniyarawa, Michele Lamaro, Sebastian Negri, Harry Hockings, Api Ratuniyarawa, Oli Keeble, Fraser Brown, Wyn Jones

RESERVES: Elliot Dee, Allan Dell, Marcus Street, Niccolo Cannone, Jordi Murphy, Bryn Hall, Rhys Parchell, Kaminieli Rasaku

HOW TO WATCH BARBARIANS v WORLD XV

The Barbarians' clash with the World XV will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport in Australia.

Coverage will be live and ad-free, slated to start at 10:55 pm with kickoff expected at 11:00pm.

It will be available around the world at the following locations:

  • Canada & USA: FloSports
  • Uniter Kingdom: 5
  • South Africa: SuperSport
  • New Zealand: Recast
  • Japan: Wowow
  • Rest of World: Recast

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