IT has been revealed today that the Scotland under-20 coaches will take the reins of the world's most iconic rugby touring side for a historic one-off match in Scotland in April.

Head Coach Sean Lineen and Assistant Coach John Dalziel, who is also Melrose's Head Coach, will pilot the Barbarians against BT Premiership league-leaders Heriot's, when they meet at Goldenacre on Tuesday 21 April, kick-off 6pm. Both clubs are celebrating their 125th anniversaries.

The coaches will be supported by former Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson, who won 31 caps for his country. He will fulfil the role of Barbarians team manager.

Lineen said: "It is a massive honour to coach the Barbarians against a really proud Scottish club.

"With a team like the Barbarians it's more like facilitating than coaching. You give the players some pointers, but you want to empower them to play free-flowing rugby.

"We'll have a couple of moves up our sleeves and some quality players who will bring a range of skills from the English Championship, BT Premiership and further afield.

"There will be a lot of tries scored from both teams, I can assure you of that.

"The Barbarians don't come to Scotland very often, so I'd encourage fans to come along and see a famous team fling a rugby ball about at Goldenacre, on hopefully a warm Tuesday night in April.” Dalziel played against the Barbarians the last time they came to Scotland, October 2011, for the South of Scotland.

The South won that day, 22-15, at Mansfield Park in Hawick.

He said: "It's a great honour to coach the BaaBaas, who are a team steeped in tradition and am sure coaching them will be a different ball game to playing in a match with them.

"There is a culture of expansive rugby with the Barbarians and we will have a team that has an exciting blend of players.

"Our job will be to bring the range of skills together and construct a platform for the group to play from and then let them express themselves.

"Melrose and Heriot's have seen a lot of each other in the BT Premiership this year, so it will be nice to go up against them when the pressure of the league is off.

"Heriot's are a team who like to play an expansive game, so this match will be a great advert for Scottish club rugby and a celebration of Heriot's and the Barbarians' 125th anniversaries.” For more information on the match please visit www.heriotsrugbyclub.co.uk & for tickets please log on to http://www.heriotsrugbyclub.co.uk/barbarians125/.