World XV
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The World Rugby XV is an internationl rugby union team composed of the best international players selected by a coach. The World XV games are not test matches and are mainly played for fun. Their most recent tour was in South Africa in June 2006 against a Springbok XV and a Western Province XV. The latter match was the testimonial for former Springboks captain and Western Province star Corné Krige, who captained the Western Province side.
The 2006 mid-year squad was:
- Dave Hewett
- Raphael Ibanez
- Cobus Visagie
- Tom Palmer
- Radike Samo
- Xavier Rush
- Sebastien Chabal
- Olivier Magne
- Justin Marshall, (captain)
- Carlos Spencer
- Isa Nacewa
- Fraser Waters
- Thomas Castaignède
- Bruce Reihana
- Matt Burke
- Mark Regan
- Christian Califano
- Julien Pierre
- Sam Harding /Toutai Kefu
- Mark Robinson
- Ludovic Mercier
- Joe Roff
The World XV played on 3 December 2006 at Walkers Stadium in Leicester against the Springboks.They lost to the Impressive Springboks Onslaught by 32-7.The Boks outscored their rivals by four tries to one.
For the World XV: Try: Mitchell Con: Schifcofske
For South Africa: Tries: Van Heerden, Van den Berg 2, Rossouw Cons: Steyn 3 Pens: Pienaar, Steyn
The squad announced to play are as follows:
[edit] Forwards
- Nic Henderson
- Dave Hewett
- Cobus Visagie
- Vernet Basualdo
- Fabio Ongaro
- Simon Shaw
- Alister Campbell
- Michael Owen
- David Croft
- Jonny O'Connor
- Takuro Miuchi
- Lawrence Dallaglio (Captain)
