2018 Barbarians vs England

Barbarians Don't Name Squad, But Lobbe Is Captain

Barbarians Don't Name Squad, But Lobbe Is Captain

Lobbe will captain the Barbarians against England.

May 24, 2018 by Alex Goff
Barbarians Don't Name Squad, But Lobbe Is Captain

The vaunted Barbarians face England Saturday LIVE on FloRugby, and an Argentinian legend will lead them.

Lobbe, who was capped 71 times by Los Pumas, will be the team's skipper as it takes on mighty England May 27, kickoff from Twickenham at 9am CT.

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The rest of the lineup will be confirmed on Friday, with the following players available. (USA star AJ MacGinty was initially named to this squad, but pulled out and is in training for the Eagles test matches to come.)


Barbarians Squad:

Backs: Niyi Adeolokun (Connacht & Ireland), Chris Ashton (Toulon & England), Malakai Fekitoa (Toulon & New Zealand), Greig Laidlaw (Clermont & Scotland), Luke McAlister (Toulon & New Zealand), Josh Matavesi (Newcastle Falcons & Fiji), Semi Radradra (Toulon), Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors & Scotland), Josua Tuisova (Toulon & Fiji), Rhodri Williams (Bristol & Wales)

Forwards: John Afoa (Gloucester & New Zealand), Denis Buckley (Connacht), Ultan Dillane (Connacht & Ireland), Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (Toulon & Argentina), Ramiro Herrera (Stade Francais & Argentina), Benjamin Kayser (Clermont & France), Nili Latu (Newcastle Falcons & Tonga), Tatafu Polota-Nau (Leicester & Australia), Sateleki Timani (Clermont & Australia), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys & Wales), Loni Uhila (Clermont), Flip van der Merwe (Clermont & South Africa), Victor Vito (La Rochelle & New Zealand).