Barbarians announce international stars for England clash - Ruck

Barbarians announce international stars for England clash

The Barbarians have confirmed that former England captain Chris Robshaw will pull on the famous black and white jersey to take on England at Twickenham later this month.

Following the announcement of the news, the Quins flanker wrote: “This should be fun, can’t wait for one last trip to Twickenham.”

Fiji boss Vern Cotter will take charge of the Baa-baas for the second time as the sides battle in the Quilter Cup.

https://twitter.com/Barbarian_FC/status/1313781071318863872

England have six upcoming fixtures this autumn starting with the uncapped Quilter Cup against the Barbarians (25 October, KO 2pm GMT, live on Sky Sports).

Following a trip to Rome to face Italy (31 Oct, KO 4.45pm GMT, live on ITV) in the final round of the delayed 2020 Guinness Six Nations, England will play four matches as part of the Autumn Nations Cup.

Quilter Internationals at Twickenham Stadium against Georgia (14 November, KO 3pm) and Ireland (21 November, KO 3pm), an away match v Wales (28 November, KO 4pm) before returning to Twickenham for a placing match to determine final position in the competition (6 December, KO 2pm). All Autumn Nations Cup games will be live on Amazon Prime.


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