Barbarians (12) 31 / 33 (14) Fiji (Final Score)
The Barbarians and Fiji did battle in a friendly International of 2019 at
Twickenham Stadium, London, England on 16 November 2019 at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 UK Time & GMT, Sunday 03:30 Fiji Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 5 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Barbarians:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Mathieu Bastareaud (1), André Esterhuizen (1), Makazole Mapimpi (2), Morné Steyn (1)
- Conversions – Curwin Bosch (1), Morné Steyn (2)
Fiji:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Enele Malele (1), Teti Tela (1), John Dyer (2), Temo Mayanavanua (1)
- Conversions – Teti Tela (4)
Teams:
Barbarians |
Fiji |
16 November 2019 at 16:30 SA Time | |
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Referee: Tom Foley (England)
Assistant Referees: Simon Harding (England), Dean Richards (England)
TMO: David Grashoff (England)
Looking at the FIJI lineup, it is mostly a totally unknown lineup for me…. and possibly a 2nd string side, which is a huge pity.
Anthems done…
Now for the Fijian Haka… the Thimbi, if I am not mistaken…
Formalities done….
Game ON!
Kick-Off by the Barbarians!
Fiji penalty on the BaaBaas 10m line… quick tap..
BaaBaas penalty, deep in their own 22.
BaaBaas intent on running everything, from everywhere…
Fiji scrum on the BaaBaas 10m line.
Fiji scrum Free Kick… quick tap and go…
Try Fiji, far left corner.
TMO
Was a perfect tackle by André Esterhuizen… won’t be a try, I think.
No try, BaaBaas scrum, 5m from their own line, 5m from touch.
BaaBaas scrum Free Kick, quickly taken…
Fiji 5m penalty… playing the No 9.
Tap penalty..
Another 5m penalty… Beast offside.
Fiji opts to scrum…
BaaBaas 5m defensive penalty…
Very good BaaBaas defence close to their own line…
BaaBaas maul.. make ground, then André Esterhuizen crash-balls it up strongly and makes lots of ground.
BaaBaas penalty, kicked to touch by Curwin Bosch.
BaaBaas penalty, 6m out, playing the ball on the ground..
Popped into the corner by Bosch.
BaaBaas 7m scrum.
Little knock by Beast…
BaaBaas penalty, quick tap and go…
BaaBaas penalty, quick tap and go… Powell
Try BaaBaas, Mathieu Bastareaud!
Barbarians 5 / 0 Fiji
Marco van Staden off injured, replaced.
Again the BaaBaas run from deeeep in their own territory…
Strong BaaBaas scrum… penalty!
Fiji penalty, they tap and go…
Both sides playing typical Barbarians style rugby…
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