Canada left Vancouver for Gold Coast via Auckland on Friday and prepare for the battle against the Barbarians this Friday night (3am MST) in a pre RWC 2011 warm up game.
Combined experience of Australian Barbarians side is 407 test matches, the Canadians stat is 450 test matches for the 30-man RWC 2011 team. We do have a chance to squeak by this one, if we play well as a team and the Barbarians do not. There are a lot of big names in this list.
The Australian Barbarians team to play Canada at Skilled Park on Friday night, (kick off 8.05pm AEST) is:
15. Lachie Turner (NSW Waratahs)
14. Rod Davies (Queensland Reds)
13. Rob Horne (NSW Waratahs)
12. Matt Giteau (Brumbies)
11. Drew Mitchell (NSW Waratahs)
10. Berrick Barnes (NSW Waratahs)
9. Nick Phipps (Melbourne Rebels)
8. Pat McCutcheon (NSW Waratahs)
7. Matt Hodgson (Western Force)
6. Dave Dennis (NSW Waratahs)
5. Nathan Sharpe (Western Force, captain)
4. Sitaleki Timani (NSW Waratahs)
3. James Slipper (Queensland Reds)
2. Tatafu Polota Nau (NSW Waratahs)
1. Ben Daley (Queensland Reds)
Run on Reserves:
16. James Hanson (Queensland Reds)
17. Pekahou Cowan (Western Force)
18. Dean Mumm (NSW Waratahs)
19. Beau Robinson (Queensland Reds)
20. Ben Tapuai (Queensland Reds)
21. Luke Morahan (Queensland Reds)
22. Mark Gerrard (Melbourne Rebels)
