Barbarians games

RtD

I realise most people (including myself) are mainly looking forward to the USA game and first Lions game but there's a third match this weekend with a slight Irish interest. Baa-Baas v England. Something for nearly everyone with 3 Leinster, a Munster and an Ulster player. Can't wait to see that backrow of Collins, Betsen and Elsom in operation also.

Barbarians team to face England

15 Ben Blair (Cardiff Blues & New Zealand)
14 Doug Howlett (Munster & New Zealand)
13 Josh Lewsey (London Wasps & England)
12 Gordon D'Arcy (Leinster & Ireland)
11 Iain Balshaw (Gloucester Rugby & England)
10 Glen Jackson (Saracens)
9 Justin Marshall (Saracens & New Zealand)
1 Clarke Dermody (London Irish & New Zealand)
2 Schalk Brits (Stormers & South Africa)
3 Greg Somerville (Gloucester Rugby & New Zealand)
4 Martin Corry (Leicester Tigers & England, captain)
5 Chris Jack (Saracens & New Zealand)
6 Jerry Collins (Toulon & New Zealand)
7 Serge Betsen (London Wasps & France)
8 Rocky Elsom (Leinster & Australia)
Replacements
16 Sebastien Bruno (Sale Sharks & France)
17 B J Botha (Ulster & South Africa)
18 Paul Tito (Cardiff Blues)
19 Phil Waugh (Waratahs & Australia)
20 Chris Whitaker (Leinster & Australia)
21 Mike Catt (London Irish & England)
22 Ratu Nasiganiyavi (Waratahs)

TheBigGuy

i am actually weirdly, more looking forward to this game??? it should be an exciting afair!

yeah the back row looks sweet, Jerry collins in the magners league next season aswell

CatFromHue

its martin corry and josh lewseys last game before retirement. Possibly mike catts too, but not sure.
is this on tv does anyone know?

wixfjord

Aye tis on SS1 @ 16.15

OT this is a good link for checking if a match is on the box, think someone mentioned it here before: http://www.livesportontv.com/rugby-union

NoelJ

that 6,7,8 is immense. Nice to see darcy there

Stev_o

Isn't Ratu Nasiganiyavi that giant winger from last years Australian's U21 WC team? Also i swore i saw a invitation to Sonny B Williams would of been interesting to see him play at international level. Anyway chances are this team could winning considering the god awful team Martin Johnson picked to face it.

England
15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
13 Jamie Noon (Newcastle Falcons)
12 Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)*
11 Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)*
10 Andy Goode (CA Brive)
9 Danny Care (Harlequins)
1 Tim Payne (London Wasps)
2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
3 David Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)*
4 Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain)
5 Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
6 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)*
7 Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Replacements
16 Steve Thompson (CA Brive)
17 Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)*
18 Chris Jones (Sale Sharks)
19 Steffon Armitage (London Irish)
20 James Haskell (London Wasps)
21 Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
22 Tom May (Newcastle Falcons)*

wixfjord

Stev_o wrote: »

Isn't Ratu Nasiganiyavi that giant winger from last years Australian's U21 WC team? Also i swore i saw a invitation to Sonny B Williams would of been interesting to see him play at international level. Anyway chances are this team could winning considering the god awful team Martin Johnson picked to face it.

England
15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
13 Jamie Noon (Newcastle Falcons)
12 Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)*
11 Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)*
10 Andy Goode (CA Brive)
9 Danny Care (Harlequins)
1 Tim Payne (London Wasps)
2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
3 David Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)*
4 Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain)
5 Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
6 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)*
7 Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Replacements
16 Steve Thompson (CA Brive)
17 Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)*
18 Chris Jones (Sale Sharks)
19 Steffon Armitage (London Irish)
20 James Haskell (London Wasps)
21 Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
22 Tom May (Newcastle Falcons)*

Ben Foden @ 14 :eek:

Stev_o

wixfjord wrote: »

Ben Foden @ 14 :eek:

Aswell as Jamie Noon, Andy Goode, TIM PAYNE! and they ever present Nick Easter :rolleyes: MJ really hasn't got a clue. Why Moody is starting infront of Steffon is beyond me. I mean any person with half a brain would of logically picked this instead.

12.J Turner-Hall
13.D Armitage
15.B.Foden

Also it's a bit rich for the RFU to go on how if you got to France you won't get picked for England but low and behold Goode, Thompson, Haskell, Jamie Noon and Tom May all get selected :rolleyes:.

remus808

wixfjord wrote: »

Ben Foden @ 14 :eek:

Tell me about it. Should be at full back, with Armitage replacing that donkey Noon at 13. What does Matt Tait have to do to get picked, or is he injured?

Poor old Hask, from Lions tour to benching for a rubbish England team! (Albeit that is a really good backrow)

wixfjord

Stev_o wrote: »

Aswell as Jamie Noon, Andy Goode, TIM PAYNE! and they ever present Nick Easter :rolleyes: MJ really hasn't got a clue. Why Moody is starting infront of Steffon is beyond me. I mean any person with half a brain would of logically picked this instead.

12.J Turner-Hall
13.D Armitage
15.B.Foden

Also it's a bit rich for the RFU to go on how if you got to France you won't get picked for England but low and behold Goode, Thompson, Haskell, Jamie Noon and Tom May all get selected :rolleyes:.

Jesus I only saw Steve Thompson there now, that is idiotic :eek:
Your right he doesnt have a clue.

remus808

Stev_o wrote: »

and they ever present Nick Easter :rolleyes:

To be fair to Easter, I was skeptical of him as much as anyone else but I think he has proved he is a quality player. Outstanding season for Quins by all accounts. He may not be the flashiest of 8's but he is old school: big and physical. Always goes forward.

Stev_o

karmabass wrote: »

Tell me about it. Should be at full back, with Armitage replacing that donkey Noon at 13. What does Matt Tait have to do to get picked, or is he injured?

Poor old Hask, from Lions tour to benching for a rubbish England team! (Albeit that is a really good backrow)

Tait and Cueto are supposedly injured thus the odd wing selections.

Stev_o

karmabass wrote: »

To be fair to Easter, I was skeptical of him as much as anyone else but I think he has proved he is a quality player. Outstanding season for Quins by all accounts. He may not be the flashiest of 8's but he is old school: big and physical. Always goes forward.

But there are far better 8's in Engerland and sadly for a quality player like Tom Guest who is twice the player Easter is imo has to constantly wait as a number 2. While he has great hands he's done some pretty plonkerish things during the 6N and really isn't one of the future at all.

On the other hand fair play to Robshaw the best 6 in England have at the moment and i really like how he plays always gives 100%.

anonymous_joe

Stev_o wrote: »

Aswell as Jamie Noon, Andy Goode, TIM PAYNE! and they ever present Nick Easter :rolleyes: MJ really hasn't got a clue. Why Moody is starting infront of Steffon is beyond me. I mean any person with half a brain would of logically picked this instead.

12.J Turner-Hall
13.D Armitage
15.B.Foden

Also it's a bit rich for the RFU to go on how if you got to France you won't get picked for England but low and behold Goode, Thompson, Haskell, Jamie Noon and Tom May all get selected :rolleyes:.

I rate Moody.

Bahbahs team looks potentially exciting.

Also, Rocky's playing. Reason enough for me to watch.

damselnat

TheBigGuy wrote: »

i am actually weirdly, more looking forward to this game??? it should be an exciting afair!

+1
I just wish it was being shown on something other than sky. I'm sure last year or the year before rte showed baa-baa's games?

anonymous_joe

damselnat wrote: »

+1
I just wish it was being shown on something other than sky. I'm sure last year or the year before rte showed baa-baa's games?

It's not a Bahbahs game, it's an England game. :mad::(

TarfHead

Stev_o wrote: »

Also i swore i saw a invitation to Sonny B Williams would of been interesting to see him play at international level.

He's named in the squad to play Australia.

http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news.cfm?categoryID=55&id=256

IMHO these games often promise more than they deliver. The game last year against Australia was dull, dull, dull

chupacabra

Barbarians games arent what they once were anymore. I remember looking forward to the game against Australia last year and it turned into anything but a baabaas game due to Francois Steyns glory hunting and a pretty disinterested group of "superstar" players. Still, nice to see Darcy and Howlett there.

anonymous_joe

TarfHead wrote: »

He's named in the squad to play Australia.

http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news.cfm?categoryID=55&id=256

IMHO these games often promise more than they deliver. The game last year against Australia was dull, dull, dull

Does the Aussie crowd still hate Sonny Bill?

Crash

Have yee all forgotten Barbarians vs. SA two years ago already? As far as I remember the board was alive with people saying "ah exhibition games are dead" in the lead up to it, and every single one came on to eat their words straight away. Some can be damp squibs, but some can be true proper hell for leather games.

sm.org

chupacabra wrote: »

Barbarians games arent what they once were anymore. I remember looking forward to the game against Australia last year and it turned into anything but a baabaas game due to Francois Steyns glory hunting and a pretty disinterested group of "superstar" players. Still, nice to see Darcy and Howlett there.

Do you remember Steyn taking all those bloody attempted drop goals???? What an idiot , its a BaaBaas game you tool run the shagging thing. He had these backs outside him:

Barbarians: Montgomery (S Africa; Williams, Wales, h-t); Rokocoko (N Zealand), Gear (N Zealand, Smith, England, 50), De Villiers (S Africa), Habana (S Africa); Steyn (S Africa), Du Preez (S Africa; Gregan, Australia, 59)

And he's taking drops from the halfway line :mad::mad::mad:

I think England will win at a canter btw.

anonymous_joe

anonymous_joe wrote: »

Does the Aussie crowd still hate Sonny Bill?

The league players do.
He was in a boxing match on yesterday in Australia on the Anthony Mundane undercard.
He ko'd a builder in a 2 round matchup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f-pzupVFeY

RtD

Bump

Just kicking off now

thebossanova

Just looking at Darcy's socks... are they Clongowes socks because Leinster/Lansdowne definitely don't wear purple!

Dougie's wearing Munster from what I can see....

Trying to spot Rocky's... might give a clue as to what club he's going to...:D

RtD

Rocky is wearing dark green I think, perhaps just Aussie socks.

Darce maybe even in Wexford socks!

RtD

Converted try for Barbarians by Balshaw

Stev_o

Another try, i should of put money on the Baa Baa's to win i had a feeling this England side was piss poor =/

Sherifu

Great work from Corry.

RtD

Try for Foden 5-14

kmart6

Clongowes socks for D'Arcy I'd say...and Oz for Elsom!

RtD

ROCKY!

Stev_o

Brits makes a break like a winger and Elsom is put in for the try.

Stev_o

England being humiliated.

Sherifu

Good work from D'Arcy.

RtD

5-26 now, Baa-Baas look like they're really enjoying themselves.

Sherifu

D'Arcy scores. They certainly are enjoying themselves. Top stuff.

RuggieBear

d'arcy with the try.

england are a shambles

Stev_o

This is hilarious, great rugby. Brits is something else though my god why isn't he playing with the Boks against the Lions :eek:

RuggieBear

Stev_o wrote: »

This is hilarious, great rugby. Brits is something else though my god why isn't he playing with the Boks against the Lions :eek:

he looks handy alright.

RuggieBear

no justice!

Sherifu

Cutting loose. Lol. Please please let it be.

Stev_o

F*cking hell. TMO just give it to him. He could play anywhere

Sherifu

The legs are going.

19-33

RtD

19-33 now, Barbarians down to 14, fading slightly but still entertaining.

Stev_o

England can only score from kicks, actually hold on nearly every try that's had Goode involved from the 6N onwards has been from these kicks right?

RtD

****, England coming back into this game strongly. Whits on now

Sherifu

Damn it, crossing. I could see it coming.

Sherifu

Yes!

RtD

26-33 at the finish, very entertaining game

bossa_nova

any highlights of this game anywhere??

missed it yesterday