They are French back-row forward Imanol Harinordoquy, All Blacks flanker Richie McCaw, Australian Mat Rogers, and South Africans Brent Russell and Joe van Niekerk.

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Meanwhile, Radamel Falcao scored twice as third place Atletico Madrid cruised to a 5-0 win over Granada, while Real Sociedad's Imanol Agirretxe kept his side's push for Champions League football on track.

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Les Bleus, throwing the ball around like the country's teams of old, had a try disallowed in the 10th minute when Imanol Harinordoquy was adjudged to have passed forward prior to Elissalde touching down.

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Tom Shanklin - perhaps fortunate to still be on the field after a clumsy challenge in the air on Imanol Harinordoquy - got beyond the gain-line and from there fly-half Jones picked out Byrne's superb angle for the full-back to race 35 untouched metres to the line.

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The Barbarians squad for the upcoming fixture includes Nick Evans and Joe Rokocoko of New Zealand, Dimitri Yachvili and Imanol Harinordoquy of France, James Hook, Duncan Jones and Dwayne Peel of Wales, Sergio Parisse and Mario Castrogiovanni of Italy, Francois Louw of South Africa, and Kahn Fotuali'i of Samoa.

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