Aironi v Biarritz: Teams
Last year's beaten finalists Biarritz have named a strong starting line-up for their trip to Italy.
Last Updated: 10/12/10 1:10pm
Last year's beaten finalists Biarritz have named a strong starting line-up for their trip to Italy.
Despite having played at fly-half for France, Damien Traille returns to his more familiar role at inside centre, while Dimitri Yachvili will marshal the attack from scrum-half.
Aironi will welcome back Italy international Quintin Geldenhuys to the second row for the clash.
The lock played a key role as the Barbarians saw off South Africa on Saturday, but he will now partner Marco Bortolami in the engine room.
Aironi: 15 Julien Laharrague, 14 Giulio Toniolatti , 13 Rodd Penney, 12 Gilberto Pavan, 11 Matteo Pratichetti, 10 James Marshall, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Nick Williams, 7 Gareth Krause, 6 Josh Sole, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Marco Bortolami, 3 Fabio Staibano, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Matias Aguero,
Replacements: 16 Luigi Ferraro, 17 Alberto de Marchi, 18 Luca Redolfini, 19 Joshua Furno, 20 Simone Favaro, 21 Pablo Canavosio, 22 Riccardo Bocchino, 23 Giulio Rubini,
Biarritz: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Charles Gimenez, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Iain Balshaw, 10 Julien Peyrelongue, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Raphael Lakafia, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Magnus Lund, 5 Erik Lund, 4 Jérôme Thion, 3 Alexandre Barozzi, 2 Romain Terrain, 1 Sylvain Marconnet.
Replacements: 16 Benoit August, 17 Watremez, 18 Cambell Johnstone, 19 Faure, 20 Lauret, 21 Tranier, 22 Arnaud Mignardi, 23 Ilikena Bolakoro.
