Rugby Union round-up

Rugby Union

Record cap-holder David Campese will play his first game on the Wallabies' tour to Britain and Ireland against the combined Glasgow-Edinburgh XV at Old Anniesland on Saturday. The 100-times capped Campese is on the right wing for the Australians and will play outside the likely Test centre combination of Daniel Herbert and Pat Howard. David Knox, a survivor of the Wallabies' last tour of Scotland, is at stand-off and will be partnered by scrum-half George Gregan.

AUSTRALIA XV (v Glasgow-Edinburgh XV, Old Anniesland, Saturday): J Roff; D Campese, D Herbert, P Howard, B Tune; D Knox, G Gregan; R Harry, M Foley, A Blades, D Giffen, J Welborn, D Manu, M Connors, D Wilson (capt). Replacements: M Burke, J Wallace, S Payne, T Kefu, A Heath, M Caputo.

IRELAND A (v Junior Springboks, Donnybrook, Dublin, 12 November): D Crotty (Garryowen); C O'Shea (London Irish), B Walsh (Cork Constitution), M McCall (Dungannon), N Woods (London Irish); K Keane (Garryowen), B O'Meara (Cork Constitution); P Flavin (Blackrock College), K Wood (Harlequins), A McKeen (Lansdowne), M O'Kelly (London Irish), S Leahy (Lansdowne), A Foley (Shannon), E Miller (Leicester), B Cronin (Garryowen). Replacements: J Cunningham (Dublin Univ), E Elwood (Lansdowne), A Matchett (Portadown), V Costello (London Irish), G Halpin (London Irish), R Nesdale (Newcastle).

NORTH SQUAD (v Queensland 20 Nov, Huddersfield; v NZ Baa-Baas, 25 Nov, Huddersfield; Junior Springboks 27 Nov, Gateshead; v Argentina 1 Dec, Huddrrsfield): Backs: T Stimpson (Newcastle), J Malinder (Sale), P Massey (Wakefield), J Bentley (Newcastle), D Rees (Sale), M Wood (West Hartlepool), T Underwood (Newcastle), M Preston (Fylde), T Beim (Sale), W Greenwood (Leicester), G Stocks (Sale), J Baxendall (Sale), D Lyon (Orrell), R Liley (Leicester), P Grayson (Northampton), S Binns (Rotherham), D Morris (Sale), A Healey (Leicester), D Scully (Wakefield). Forwards: P Smith (Sale), P Wynstanley (Sale), S Turner (Orrell), M Hynes (Northampton), A Smith (Sale), M Shelley (Leeds), S Diamond (Sale), S Mitchell (Wasps), G French (Bath), D Baldwin (Sale), J Fowler (Sale), G Archer (Newcastle), P Rees (Orrell), M Greenwood (Wasps), J Ions (West Hartlepool), P Anglesea (Orrell), R Arnold (Newcastle), C Vyvyan (Sale), M Watson (Harlequins).