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ALEX GOODE
POSTITION
FULL BACK
CLUB
SARACENS
CAPS
ENGLAND 21
8 POINTS – 1T, 1PG
BORN
07.05.88
CAMBRIDGE
HEIGHT
1.86M (6’1”)
WEIGHT
91KG (14ST 4LB)
Alex Goode was the Aviva Premiership Player of the Season for 2015/16 and is also a double
European Champions Cup winner with Saracens, the club he has helped to lift the Premiership title
three times. Initially a fly half, he made his Saracens debut soon after his 20th birthday, moved to
full back and his first Test start was at Port Elizabeth five years ago. His most recent cap was in the
Fiji match last November.
IAN MADIGAN
POSTITION
FLY HALF
CLUB
BORDEAUX BEAGLES
CAPS
IRELAND 30
121 PTS – 2T, 27C, 19PG
BORN
21.3.89
DUBLIN
HEIGHT
1.80M (5’11”)
WEIGHT
90KG (14ST 2LB)
Ian Madigan joined Bordeaux Bègles from Leinster at the start of this season. He first appeared
for Ireland in the 13-13 draw with France at the Aviva Stadium in 2013 and won the Bank of Ireland
Player of the Year and PRO12 Golden Boot awards at the end of that campaign. He featured off the
bench in Leinster's 2011 and 2012 Heineken Cup final wins over Northampton Saints and Ulster
and also helped Ireland to become the 2014 Six Nations champions.
JOE TEKORI
POSTITION
FLANKER
CLUB
TOULOUSE
CAPS
SAMOA 34
20 POINTS – 4T
BORN
17.12.83
APIA
HEIGHT
1.98M (6’6”)
WEIGHT
131KG (20ST 8LB)
Iosefa Tekori, popularly known as ‘Joe’, scored tries against France, Japan and Fiji in a four-Test
sequence during 2009/10. His first match at that level was against South Africa in Johannesburg
in 2007 before he began his ten-year stay in the Top 14. He played for Auckland in 2005/06 before
moving to French club Castres and captained them before joining Toulouse in 2011. He scored
one of the Barbarians’ five tries when Wales were beaten 31-28 six years ago and touched down
against England last weekend.