International Rugby Vakatawa retirement is over as Barbarians pick him to face Samoa

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It’s official: The premature retirement of former France midfielder Virimi Vakatawa is over as he has been named to start in the Barbarians team that will play Samoa this Friday in a Rugby World Cup warm-up match in Brive.

Liam Heagney by Liam Heagney