Super Kev swaps sides

By Jason Harris
May 27 2002

Saracens centre Kevin Sorrell swaps the red rose for the black and white hoops of the Barbarians when they take on Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday night.

It's been a busy couple of days for the 25 year old as he made his first appearance in the full England side against the touring team at Twickenham last Sunday.

Sorrell is joined on the replacement bench by two other Saracens. Kieran Roche who impressed everyone (save Stuart Barnes, apparently) on Sunday with his display at no4 and Kris Chesney.

Thomas Castaignede (injured) and Abdel Benazzi (at home after the untimely death of his father) will not be taking part. Castaignede said in his Guardian newspaper column on Monday that the twinge he felt in his hamstring is nothing to worry about and that he should be fit for the Barbarians' final game at the weekend against Scotland at Murrayfield.


The Barbarians team: 15 Percy Montgomery (South Africa), 14 Thinus Delport (South Africa), 13 Ollie Smith (Leicester), 12 Pita Alatini (New Zealand), 11 Jamie Noon (Newcastle), 10 Braam van Straaten (South Africa), 9 Mark Robinson (New Zealand), 8 Jim Williams (Australia), 7 Josh Kronfeld (New Zealand), 6 Pat Lam (Samoa, captain), 5 Ryan Strudwick (London Irish), 4 Doddie Weir (Scotland), 3 Mauricio Reggiardo (Argentina), 2 Raphaël Ibañez (France), 1 Craig Dowd (New Zealand).

Replacements: 16 Mauro Ledesma (Argentina), 17 Adrian Garvey (South Africa), 18 Kieran Roche (Saracens), 19 Kris Chesney (Saracens), 20 Ofisa Tonu'u (Newport), 21 Kevin Sorrell (Saracens), 22 Liam Botham (Newcastle).


Wales: Kevin Morgan (Swansea); Rhys Williams (Cardiff), Mark Taylor (Swansea), Andy Marinos (Newport), Craig Morgan (Cardiff); Stephen Jones (Llanelli), Dwayne Peel (Llanelli); Iestyn Thomas (Ebbw Vale), Robin McBryde (Llanelli), Chris Anthony (Newport), Steve Williams (London Irish), Gareth Llewellyn (Neath), Gavin Thomas (Bath), Martyn Williams (Cardiff), Colin Charvis (Swansea, capt).
Reps: Mefin Davies (Pontypridd), Ben Evans (Swansea), A N Other, A N Other, Ryan Powell (Cardiff), Neil Jenkins (Cardiff), Jamie Robinson (Cardiff).