England coach, Andy Robinson commented on his selections:

"There is a good blend of experienced internationals such as Balshaw and Catt, as well as guys we are looking to develop through the Churchill Cup like Hudson and James Forrester."

The squads in full:

England: M Van Gisbergen (Wasps); J Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), M Tait (Newcastle), M Catt (London Irish), I Balshaw (Gloucester); O Barkley (Bath), P Richards (Gloucester); T Payne (Wasps), L Mears (Bath), D Bell (Bath), J Hudson (London Irish), A Brown (Gloucester), J Forrester (Gloucester), M Lipman (Bath), P Sanderson (Worcester, capt).

Subs: D Paice (London Irish), D Barnes (Bath), K Roche (London Irish), J Haskell (Wasps), S Bemand (Leicester), S Abbott (Harlequins), D Armitage (London Irish).

Barbarians: M Burke (Newcastle & Australia); B Reihana (Northampton & New Zealand), T Castaignede (Saracens & France), D Feau'nati (London Irish & Samoa); J Roff (Kubota & Australia); C Spencer (Northampton & NZ), M Robinson (Northampton & NZ); A Lo Cicero (L'Aquila & Italy), R Ibanez (Wasps & France, capt), C Califano (Gloucester & France), B Casey (London Irish & Ireland), T Palmer (Wasps & England), X Rush (Cardiff Blues & New Zealand), O Magne (London Irish & France), T Kefu (Kubota & Australia).

Subs (to be finalised): M Regan (Bristol & England), P Bracken (Wasps), D Leo (Wasps & Samoa), S Harding (Northampton & NZ), J Marshall (Ospreys & NZ), D Humphreys (Ulster & Ireland), I Nacewa (Auckland & Fiji), F Waters (Wasps & England), D Hewett (Edinburgh & NZ), O Finegan (Newcastle & Australia).