The team line up for a photo opportunityPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianJoe Rokocoko has his portrait taken while Justin Marshall looks onPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianMarshall looks on as the team change for training at BlackheathPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian
A tradition of the Barbarians is that the players wear their own club socks. Rokocoko was provided with a pair (and honourary membership of Blackheath Rugby Club) as he had forgotten to bring hisPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIrish coach Eddie O'Sullivan issues orders at Blackheath Rugby ClubPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianThe backs practise at Blackheath, scrum-half Marshall passes to Giteau with Ma'a Nonu, Conrad Smith and Jason Robinson outside himPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianScrum practice with the forwards, left to right, Salesi Ma'afu, Mark Regan and Federico PucciarelloPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianJustin Harrison is lifted in line-out practicePhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianNonu receives his tie for playing members from president Micky Steele-BodgerPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianGiteau, Harrison and Troy Flavell share a joke at dinnerPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianThe players tuck in and catch up. Left to right: Marshall, Martyn Williams, Harrison, Giteau, Brent Cockbain, Ma'afu, Rokocoko, Nonu, FlavellPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianBooks relating the history of the Barbarians await the signatures of the players at the team hotel in LondonPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian
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