DAN Lydiate donned the socks of his first ever club when he helped the Barbarians to a 68-33 win over Swansea in St Helens last night.

The Abbeycwmhir star wore the socks of Rhayader Rugby Club where he started his career as a teenager.

The 35-year-old who has 69 caps for Wales told fans on social media that it was "class to play a full house" with "legends" Alun Wyn Jones and Bradley Davies in their last games.

He added: "Finally to wear Rhayader RFC socks was where it all started for me."

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Rhayader RFC chairman Andrew Lewis said: "Dan played as a young lad, for under 12/14s I think, along with his brother Jack.

"In fairness, he has always added us as his first club, there was a time when playing for Wales they included first club for each player and Dan always put Rhayader RFC down.

"But we were all chuffed when he messaged and asked for us to send him some socks so he could wear in the Baa-baas game."

More than 6,00 fans watched as ex-Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones featured for both sides.

Three days on from his maiden Barbarians appearance against a World XV at Twickenham, Jones represented the Baa-Baas in the first half before donning the Swansea shirt after the restart.

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The All Whites - celebrating their 150th anniversary - were full of confidence early on.

But Barbarians wasted no time in showing their superiority as Olly Robinson, Stephen Shingler and Taichi Takahashi all touched down inside the opening 15 minutes before Swansea turned on the style to score their first points with a try from Joe Thomas.

Tom Howe crossed for the Barbarians before Hanno Dirksen hit back with another try for the hosts.

Howe notched his second try of the game in the final stages of the first half.

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Jones re-emerged from the dressing room in the white jersey of Swansea, much to the delight of the crowd in attendance.

It ensured he was on the receiving end of Barbarians' quality in the second half as Damien Hoyland and Shingler both crossed the whitewash shortly after the restart.

Kirby Myhill notched Barbarians' ninth try before Brandon Wood, Matthew Aubrey and Willis Wood responded with efforts for Swansea.

Jones donned the Baa-Baas shirt for the final throes of the contest which ended with Myhill scoring his second try of the game.