Ospreys hooker Matthew Dwyer will line up against the Barbarians tonight for the Combined Services rugby team in the Remembrance Day rugby match at Bath’s Recreation Ground (7.30pm KO).
Dwyer, captain of the British Army rugby team, has been selected among to represent the combined Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Army team in the high profile fixture against a Baa-Baas team coached by Phil Davies and Nigel Davies.
This year will be the first year that the Barbarians also sport the poppy emblem on their shirts, in commemoration of the outbreak of the Great War 100 years ago in 1914.
Dwyer and his services colleague will come up against a Barbarians squad that includes two former Ospreys, second row James Goode and full back Nicky Thomas.
The Combined Services squad is:
Royal Navy: Dave Pascoe (Scrum Half - Captain), Kye Beasley (Prop), Gaz Evans (Prop), Marsh Cormack (2nd Row), David Fairbrother (No 8), Nathan Huntley (Fly Half), Joshua Terry (Prop), Ben Priddey (Hooker), Jonny Stephen (2nd Row), Jonathan Humphrey (Full Back), Matt Tichias (Inside Centre)
Army: Matthew Dwyer (Hooker), Ricky Reeves (Prop), Darrell Ball (2nd Row), Jack Prasad (Fly Half), Peceli 'Naka' Nacamavuto (Outside Centre), Gerhard Wessels (Inside Centre), James Dixon (Full Back), Chris Munday (Flanker), Robert Lennox (Flanker), Ledua Jope (No 8)
Royal Air Force: Dave Manning (Prop), Josh McNally (2nd Row), Adi Gillespie (Wing), Lloyd Owen (Wing), Toby Mann (Hooker), and Tim Coghlan (Prop).