Munster's Frederico Pucciarello, Leinster's Ollie Le Roux and Ulster's Justin Harrison have been named in a 30-man Barbarians squad for games against Belgium, Ireland and England.

Chris Whittaker will lead Australia for the first time after Wallabies coach Eddie Jones made the expected sweeping changes to his starting line-up for his team’s World Cup pool match against Namibia in Adelaide on Saturday.

Eleven of Australia’s key players will go into the defence of the World Cup without having played a match in eight weeks.

The British and Irish Lions side has been hit by two more injuries ahead of Saturday’s game against the Queensland Reds