NEWS EXTRA

VIRIMI Vakatawa’s premature retirement is over as the former France centre started for the Barbarians against Samoa last night in Brive. Vakatawa, who won 32 cap, was banned from playing by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby’s medical committee due to cardiac pathology. Vakatawa was selected for the Pat Lamcoached Baa-Baas team partnering former Wallabies centre Curtis Rona in a XV that also featured Springboks Herschel Jantjies and Joseph Dweba.

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