Sporting Digest: Rugby Union

BARBARIANS (v East Midlands, representative match, Northampton, today, 3.0pm): M Dods (Gala); D Stark (Boroughmuir), M Field (Malone), M Ridge, N Woods (both Blackrock); C Chalmers (Melrose), A Roland (Blackrock); G Rowntree (Leicester), W Mulcachy (Skerries), P Burnell (London Scottish), M Poole (Leicester), A MacDonald (Heriot's FP), J Hall (Bath), B Robinson (Ballymena), D Eves (Bristol).

WALES A (v Canada A, Cardiff, Saturday): I Jones (Llanelli); D Manley (Pontypridd), N Boobyer (Llanelli), S Lewis (Pontypridd), G Wilkins (Bridgend); A Davies (Cardiff, capt), R Howley (Bridgend); M Griffiths (Cardiff), R McBryde (Swansea), L Mustoe (Cardiff), G Prosser (Pontypridd), P Arnold (Swansea), H Taylor (Cardiff), S Williams (Neath), G Jones (Llanelli). Replacements: L Evans (Treorchy), P John (Pontypridd), S Davies (Swansea), D Jones (Cardiff), I Buckett (Swansea), Barrie Williams (Neath).