The 23-man squad, which includes former Junior Springbok lock Ruben van Heerden of the DHL Stormers and coached by Robbie Deans, are preparing to take on the Springboks for the first time on South African soil.

The first five players confirmed for the fixture were the Irish centurion trio of Cian Healy (prop), Peter O’Mahony (flanker) and Conor Murray (scrumhalf), while former All Black captain Sam Cane and his Kiwi teammate Shannon Frizell (both loose forwards) were also locked in.

Murray is no longer involved, but they have included five more capped All Blacks in Hoskins Sotutu (loose forward), Tawera Kerr-Barlow (scrumhalf), Peter Umaga-Jensen (utility back), Leicester Fainga’anuku (wing) and Mark Tele’a (wing).

Furthermore, Joe Marchant (England), Melvyn Jaminet (France), Santiago Arata Perrone (Uruguay), David Ribbans (England), Camille Chat (France), Will Collier (England), Hassane Kolingar (France), and Paul Alo-Emile (Samoa) are all capped at Test level.

Ruben van Heerden arrives at BaaBaas training.

Limited tickets for the fixture are available via Ticketmaster.co.za.

Barbarians squad:

Forwards: 
Cian Healy (Leinster)
Will Collier (Castres)
Hassane Kolingar (Racing 92)
Paul Alo-Emile (Stade Francais)
Camille Chat (Lyon)
John “Ricky” Riccitelli (Blues)
David Ribbans (Toulon)
Ruben van Heerden (DHL Stormers)
Josh Beehre (Blues)
Hoskins Sotutu (Blues)
Peter O’Mahony (Munster)
Sam Cane (Tokyo Sungoliath)
Shannon Frizell (Toshiba)
Lachlan Boshier (Wild Knights)

Backs:
Tawera Kerr Barlow (La Rochelle)
Santiago Arata Perrone (Castres)
Melvyn Jaminet (Toulon)
Josh Jacomb (Chiefs)
Peter Umaga-Jensen (Hurricanes)
Leicester Fainga’anuku (Toulon)
Mark Tele’a (Blues)
Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens (Highlanders)
Joe Marchant (Stade Francais)