Botes to bow out with BaaBaas
Sharks veteran loose forward Jacques Botes will play his last game, after 13 years as a professional, when he dons the No.8 Barbarians jersey in the 125th anniversary match against Leicester on Tuesday.
Botes is the most capped in Currie Cup history and played his last game for the Sharks in the semifinal against the Golden Lions.
The Sharks flank will be joined by Springbok Heinrich Brussow and Western Province's Michael Rhodes in an all-South African back row.
Botes came off the bench against the Wallabies in the second half at Twickenham last weekend
He posted a tweet about the venue of his "last match" on Monday.
Venue for my LAST Rugby match tomorrow. Welford Road Leicester. @Barbarian_FC pic.twitter.com/Iew2wAtTzU
— Jacques Botes (@JacquesBotes6) November 3, 2014
Springbok and WP captain Juan de Jongh retains his position in the starting XV and is joined in the backline by Golden Lions flyhalf Marnitz Boshoff.
Sharks loosehead prop Thomas du Toit is joined by teammate Lourens Adriaanse, who will start at tighthead, to make up seven South Africans in the starting XV.
Other notables in the starting line-up is Wallabies wing Nick Cummins, All Blacks trio Frank Halai, Francis Saili and Domini Bird.
Australian squad member Tom English, meanwhile, has been drafted into the squad after receiving a special dispensation to play and will rejoin the Wallabies after the game, whilst Worcester Warriors hooker Neil Annett has also been added to the line-up.
"We're very grateful to the head coaches of Australia, Canada and Worcester for releasing these players to join us," said Barbarians head coach Sir John Kirwan.
"It's a great gesture on the part of Michael Cheika, Kieran Crowley and Dean Ryan, and we hope all four players enjoy their time with us."
Annett, Sean Duke and Jason Marshall linked up with the Barbarians, after flyhalf Colin Slade and hooker James Parsons were called into the New Zealand squad for their international series.
The Barbarians come to Welford Road after a thrilling 36-40 loss to Australia in an 11-try contest at Twickenham. The game was rounded off by a long-range try from Boshoff, that ranks as one of the club's greatest.
Barbarians: 15 Tevita Li, 14 Frank Halai, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Francis Saili, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Jacques Botes, 7 Heinrich Brussow, 6 Michael Rhodes, 5 Al Kellock (captain), 4 Dominic Bird, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Mahonri Schwalger, 1 Thomas Du Toit.
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Jason Marshall, 18 Matt Stevens, 19 Angus Ta'avao, 20 Steven Luatua,) 21 Matt Todd, 22 Adam Thomson, 23 Sarel Pretorius, 24 Sean Duke, 25 Tom English.
Leicester: 15 Freddie Burns, 14 Miles Benjamin, 13 Christian Loamanu, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Owen Williams, 9 David Mele,8 Jordan Crane (captian), 7 Jamie Gibson, 6 Laurence Pearce, 5 Sebastian De Chaves, 4 Harry Wells, 3 Fraser Balmain, 2 Jake Farnworth, 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements: 16 George Nairn, 17 Tom Bristow, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Charlie Beckett, 20 Paul Grant, 21 George Tresidder, 22 Tommy Bell, 23 Adam Thompstone
Date: Tuesday, November 4
Venue: Welford Road
Kick-off: 19:30 (19.30 GMT)
Referee: TBC
Assistant Referees: TBC
TMO: TBC
