Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (South Africa)
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Kickoff: 08:00 US Central

South Africa
First XV: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Tonderai Chavanga, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Butch James, 9 Ricky Januarie, 1 Tendai Mtawarrira, 2 John Smit, 3 BJ Botha, 4 Bakkies Botha, 5 Victor Matfield, 6 Luke Watson, 7 Juan Smith, 8 Pierre Spies.
Reserves: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Bolla Conradie, 21 Francois Steyn, 22 Percy Montgomery.

Wales
First XV: 15 James Hook, 14 Mark Jones, 13 Tom Shanklin, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Gareth Cooper, 1 Gethin Jenkins, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 Rhys Thomas, 4 Ian Gough, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 6 Ryan Jones (c), 7 Jonathan Thomas, 8 Gareth Delve.
Reserves: 16 T Rhys Thomas, 17 Duncan Jones, 18 Ian Evans, 19 Dafydd Jones, 20 Warren Fury, 21 Andrew Bishop, 22 Tom James.

Venue: Telstra Dome, Melbourne (Australia)
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Kickoff: 05:05 US Central

Australia
First XV: 15-Cameron Shepherd, 14-Peter Hynes, 13-Stirling Mortlock, 12-Berrick Barnes, 11-Lote Tuqiri, 10-Matt Giteau, 9-Luke Burgess, 8-Wycliff Palu, 7-George Smith, 6-Rocky Elsom, 5-Nathan Sharpe, 4-James Horwill, 3-Matt Dunning, 2-Stephen Moore, 1-Benn Robinson.
Reserves: 16-Adam Freier, 17-Al Baxter, 18-Dean Mumm, 19-Phil Waugh, 20-Sam Cordingley, 21-Ryan Cross, 22-Adam Ashley-Cooper.

Ireland
First XV: 15-Robert Kearney, 14-Shane Horgan, 13-Brian O’Driscoll, 12-Paddy Wallace, 11-Tommy Bowe, 10-Ronan O’Gara, 9-Peter Stringer, 8-Jamie Heaslip, 7-David Wallace, 6-Denis Leamy, 5-Paul O’Connell, 4-Donncha O’Callaghan, 3-John Hayes, 2-Rory Best, 1-Marcus Horan.
Reserves: 16-Jerry Flannery, 17-Tony Buckley, 18-Mick O’Driscoll, 19-Shane Jennings, 20-Eoin Reddan, 21-Geordan Murphy, 22-Girvan Dempsey.

France named a 26-man squad for the summer tour to Australia. Players from Clermont, Toulouse, Stade Français, and Perpignan have been excluded due to participation in the Top 14 semi-finals.

Forwards: Sebastien Bruno, Benjamin Kayser, Lionel Faure, Pierre Correia, Benoit Lecouls, Renaud Boyoud, Lionel Nallet, David Couzinet, Sebastien Chabal, Louis Picamoles, Imanol Harinordoquy, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Mathieu Lievremont, Yannick Caballero.

Backs: Dimitri Yachvili, Sebastien Tillous-Bordes, Francois Trinh-Duc, Benjamin Boyet, Damien Traille, Thibault Lacroix, Maxime Mermoz, Benjamin Thiery, Jean-Baptiste Peyras, Alexis Palisson, David Janin, Pepito Elhorga.

Venue: Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein (South Africa)
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008
Kickoff: 09:00 US Central

South Africa
First XV: 15 C Jantjes, 14 T Chavhanga, 13 A Jacobs, 12 J de Villiers, 11 B Habana, 10 B James, 9 B Conradie, 1 G Steenkamp, 2 J Smit, 3 B Mujati, 4 B Botha, 5 A Bekker, 6 L Watson, 7 J Smith, 8 P Spies.
Reserves: 16 CJ van der Linde, 17 B du Plessis, 18 D Rossouw, 19 R Pienaar, 20 P Grant, 21 P Montgomery, 22 V Matfield.

Wales
First XV: 15 J Roberts (Cardiff), 14 M Jones (Llanelli), 13 T Shanklin (Cardiff), 12 S Parker (Ospreys), 11 S Williams (Ospreys), 10 S Jones (Llanelli), 9 G Cooper (Gloucester), 1 G Jenkins (Cardiff), 2 M Rees (Llanelli), 3 A Jones (Ospreys), 4 I Gough (Ospreys), 5 A-W Jones (Ospreys), 6 J Thomas (Ospreys), 7 D Jones (Llanelli), 8 R Jones (Ospreys).
Reserves: 16 Duncan Jones (Ospreys), 17 R Hibbard (Ospreys), 18 I Evans (Ospreys), 19 G Delve (Gloucester), 20 W Fury (London Irish), 21 J Hook (Ospreys), 22 M Stoddart (Llanelli).

Venue: Westpac Stadium, Wellington (New Zealand)
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008
Kickoff: 02:35 US Central

New Zealand
First XV: Mils Muliaina, Anthony Tuitavake, Conrad Smith, Ma’a Nonu, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Daniel Carter, Andy Ellis, Jerome Kaino, Richie McCaw, Rodney So’oialo, Ali Williams, Brad Thorn, John Afoa, Andrew Hore, Neemia Tialata.
Reserves: Keven Mealamu, John Schwalger, Anthony Boric, Jimmy Cowan, Stephen Donald, Leon MacDonald, Adam Thomson.

Ireland
First XV: Robert Kearney, Shane Horgan, Brian O’Driscoll, Luke Fitzgerald, Tommy Bowe, Ronan O’Gara, Eoin Reddan, Jamie Heaslip, David Wallace, Denis Leamy, Donncha O’Callaghan, Paul O’Connell, John Hayes, Jerry Flannery, Marcus Horan.
Reserves: Rory Best, Tony Buckley, Mick O’Driscoll, Shane Jennings, Peter Stringer, Paddy Wallace, Girvan Dempsey.

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