ANZAC trio picked for Barbarians

All Blacks Justin Marshall and Jerry Collins, as well as Australia flanker Rocky Elsom, were among the first five players named Monday in the Barbarians squad to play England at Twickenham on May 17.

Also included were former France flanker Serge Betsen, who like Saracens scrum-half Marshall now plays his club rugby in the English Premiership, for champions Wasps, and Martin Corry, the ex-England captain.

Corry was capped 64 times for England, captaining his country on 17 occasions and also playing for the British and Irish Lions on their tours of Australia in 2001 and New Zealand in 2005. England’s latest match against the Barbarians, rugby union’s most famous invitational side, comes ahead of their two-Test series with Argentina in June.

They may be without several leading players depending upon how many of Martin Johnson’s men are selected for the British and Irish Lions series against world champions South Africa.

LONDON, Tuesday, AFP