England (22) 57 / (7) 26 Barbarians (Final Score)
England and the Barbarians did battle in Super Rugby at Twickenham, London at 15:30 SA Time (14:30 UK Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Chris Ashton (3), Dylan Hartley (1), Christian Wade (1), Richard Wigglesworth (1), Jonathan Joseph (2)
- Conversions – Owen Farrell (7)
Barbarians:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Mils Muliaina (2), Mike Tindall (1), Pelu Taele (1)
- Conversions – Stephen Donald (2), Filipe Contepomi (1)
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Christian Wade, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Phil Dowson (captain), 7 Carl Fearns, 6 Tom Johnson, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Paul Doran Jones, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Matt Stevens.
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 Joe Launchbury, 19 Jamie Gibson, 20 Richard Wigglesworth, 21 Jonathan Joseph, 22 Alex Goode.
Barbarians: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Mike Tindall, 11 Ian Balshaw, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Rory Lawson, 8 Akapusi Qera, 7 John Beattie, 6 Ernst Joubert, 5 Anton van Zyl, 4 Mark Chisholm, 3 John Afoa, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Neemia Tialata.
Replacements: 16 Benoit August, 17 Duncan Jones, 18 Pelu Taele, 19 Raphael Lakafia, 20 Jerome Fillol, 21 Felipe Contepomi, 22 Sailosi Tagicakibau.
Date: Sunday 27 May
Kick-off: 15:30 SA Time (13:30 GMT)
Venue: Twickenham, London
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
See you a bit later for this one…
Sunny and hot down in London, so no excuses for poor handling, just hope that the heat doesn’t sap the players and reduce the amount of running rugby that should be seen in a Baa Baas game.
Don’t know how much Mr Meyer will learn about his upcoming opponents from this one but at least he will get an idea of how Lancaster is intending to play. The backline should be close to what will be starting in SA, but the pack will be way different with maybe at most 3 starting in the pack today starting in the 1st test in Durban.
Will be interesting to hear what you guys who get to see this one make of Ernst Joubert for the Baa Baas, could he fill the possible void at loose forward for the Boks with all the injuries?
3@ Bullscot:How many players are out due to the various finals commitments?
4@ Bullscot:I don’t think he’ll need Joubert – with the alarming regularity that he has been pulling players out of retirement, I have it on good authority that Nick Mallett may well find himself in the No8 jersey, but only if he can get out of his Super Sports contract. Otherwise Gary Teichman has made himself available if SARU fail to resurrect Hennie Muller successfully. Apparently, with their ability to get 6 into 5, this isn’t seen as too much of a problem.
Players coming out
Go BaaBaa’s
Hellooooooooooo
Full tummy…. ready for rugby… dop in hand, Kameeltjies ready…
What more can a man ask for?
Anthems
@ grootblousmile:Middag GBS
11 @ Just For Kicks:
Middag Kickers,
Hoe hang die balle?
Game ON!
Yup, still hanging.
Penalty Poms… BaaBaas going to ground over the ball
Another England penalty… BaaBaas look lost, England mean business
Are the BaaBaa’s going to be the penalty kings today?
England 3 / 0 Barbarians
Crowd booing the poms for going for the posts
Penalties raining against the BaaBaas… Farrell going for goal again
Wonder if that was Farrel seniors baby, or his sons?
Baddd miss by Farrell
BaaBaas throwing the ball around a bit
England look organised… BaaBaas need to front up, their forwards needs to earn the right to throw the ball around with abandon
Bokke should beat this England side with distance!
England almost through… twice
BaaBaa’s could be in for a bit of a hiding, I fear
Some really average BaaBaas defence…
England get another penalty
England kick it into the corner
BaaBaas drive England back and earn a penalty on their 22… quick tap
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