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Alex Goode will line up for the Barbarians against England

Alex Goode passes the ball during the Barbarians training
Image: Alex Goode passes the ball during Baa-baas training

England's Alex Goode and Steffon Armitage are in the Barbarians starting line-up facing their national side at Twickenham on Sunday.

The Saracens full-back and Pau flanker have five European Cup titles between them and are the English element in Vern Cotter's cosmopolitan invitation outfit for the Old Mutual Wealth Cup match.

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The former Scotland head coach has players from 11 different countries with 599 international appearances between them in the 15 taking the field led by France's Thierry Dusautoir.

The back line includes Australia's 2015 World Cup finalist Adam Ashley-Cooper, South Africa centre Frans Steyn and Ireland's Bristol-bound fly-half Ian Madigan.

Australia's 2015 World Cup finalist Adam Ashley-Cooper.
Image: Australia's 2015 World Cup finalist Adam Ashley-Cooper.

In the forwards are Gloucester duo Richard Hibbard and Jeremy Thrush, and a powerful back row that sees Dusautoir and Armitage combine with Argentina's athletic No.8 Facundo Isa.

Eight new players for England
Eight new players for England

Eddie Jones picks eight uncapped players for Barbarians as George Ford and Chris Robshaw share captaincy.

World Cup winners Ben Franks and Ruan Pienaar are on the bench along with Scotland prop WP Nel, on the comeback trail after recovering from the neck injury that ruled him out of this season's Six Nations.

Barbarians: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Yann David, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Kahn Fotuali'i; 1 Mikheil Nariashvili, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 Census Johnston, 4 Patricio Albacete, 5 Jeremy Thrush, 6 Thierry Dusautoir, 7 Steffon Armitage, 8 Facundo Isa

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Replacements:16 Schalk Brits, 17 Ben Franks, 18 WP Nel,19 Joe Tekori, 20 Gillian Galan, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Robbie Fruean, 23 Horacio Agulla.

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