2016 End-of-year internationals
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@Frye said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
@Stargazer said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
I think it had to do with the name XV de France. That's the name used by the French squad that play's XVs, as opposed to France 7, the name they use for the French team that plays sevens.
Nope. Tregaskis got it.
Cool.
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Stargazer is a pretty serious guy, he doesn't have time for your lame jokes Frye.
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@Stargazer said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
The Barbarians squad for their three November games v South Africa, Czech Republic and Fiji is gradually taking shape, with several player announcements now having been made and more to follow:
Head Coach: Robbie Deans
Ass Coach: Will Greenwood
http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news/will-greenwood-joins-barbarians-coaching-team-at-wembley/Andy Ellis (New Zealand)
Taqele Naiyaravo (Australia)
Wycliff Palu (Australia)
Will Skelton (Australia)
http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news/australia-and-new-zealand-stars-join-barbarians-for-autumn-tour/Matt Faddes (uncapped)
Michael Fatialofa (uncapped)
Reggie Goodes (uncapped)
Richie Mo'unga (uncapped)
Brad Shields (uncapped)
Jordan Taufua (uncapped)
Luke Whitelock (New Zealand)
http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news/super-rugby-stars-hungry-to-impress-against-south-africa/v Fiji (Belfast)
Ruan Pienaar (South Africa)
Dan Tuohy (Ireland)
http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news/ulster-s-pienaar-and-tuohy-join-barbarians-for-kingspan-date/New player announcement; this is the latest group of players selected for the Barbarians squad:
Seta Tamanivalu (New Zealand)
Melani Nanai (uncapped)
Sam Carter (Australia)
Luke Morahan (Australia)
Paddy Ryan (Australia)
Toby Smith (Australia)
Andrew Ready (uncapped)
Nic Stirzaker (uncapped)
http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news/australia-quartet-and-new-zealand-centre-join-barbarians/Apart from the Irish and South African players that have been selected for the test v Fiji in Belfast, this is an ANZAC Barbarians squad!
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Barbarians final player announcement - Deans and co have added 7 uncapped South Africans to the squad:
Ruan Ackermann (uncapped)
Kwagga Smith (uncapped)
Martin Muller (uncapped)
Akker van der Merwe (uncapped)
Clayton Blommetjies (uncapped)
Robert du Preez (uncapped)
Schalk van der Merwe (uncapped)
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Couldn't find a Barbarians player announcement with Buckman in it, but he's definitely there training with them:
How many more are there that we don't know about???
Even if the whole AB squad goes down with salmonella poisoning, there are plenty of back-ups for Hansen to choose from.
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@Stargazer Barbarians: 15 Melani Nanai (Blues), 14 Matt Faddes (Highlanders), 13 Seta Tamanivalu (Crusaders & New Zealand), 12 Richard Buckman (Highlanders & Panasonic), 11 Taqele Naiyaravoro (Waratahs, Panasonic & Australia), 10 Robert du Preez (Stormers), 9 Andy Ellis (Crusaders, Kobelco Steelers & New Zealand), 8 Luke Whitelock (Highlanders & New Zealand), 7 Jordan Taufua (Crusaders), 6 Brad Shields (Hurricanes), 5 Michael Fatialofa (Hurricanes), 4 Martin Muller (Lions), 3 Paddy Ryan (Waratahs & Australia), 2 Akker van der Merwe (Lions), 1 Reggie Goodes (Hurricanes)
Replacements: 16 Andrew Ready (Reds), 17 Schalk van der Merwe (Montpellier), 18 Toby Smith (Rebels & Australia), 19 Sam Carter (Brumbies & Australia), 20 Ruan Ackermann (Lions), 21 Nic Stirzaker (Rebels), 22 Richie Mo’unga (Crusaders), 23 Luke Morahan (Force & Australia)Date: Saturday, November 5
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Kick-off: 15:30 GMT
Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
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The Barbarians keep on naming new players for the following matches:
v Czech Rep (Prague) and Fiji (Belfast)
Ben Franks (New Zealand)
http://www.london-irish.com/news/interview-franks-to-join-up-with-barbarians-squad/bp1091/v Fiji (Belfast)
Tommy Bowe (Ireland, B&I Lions)
http://ulsterrugby.com/news/15410.php#.WBoNrS196Uk -
@Stargazer said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
The Barbarians squad for their game v South Africa has been named:
Andy Ellis will captain the team.
FYI: I keep on updating the first post of this thread with kick-off and broadcasting times etc.
Springboks: 1. Tendai Mtawarira (Sharks) 84 caps, 2. Malcolm Marx (Lions) 1 caps, 3. Lourens Adriaanse (Sharks) 4 caps, 4. RG Snyman (Bulls) 0 caps, 5. Pieter-Steph du Toit (Western Province) 17 caps, 6. Roelof Smit (Bulls) 0 caps, 7. Teboho Mohojé (Cheetahs) 14 caps, 8. Nizaam Carr (Western Province) 2 caps, 9. Rudy Paige (Bulls) 5 caps, 10. Pat Lambie (captain, Sharks) 53 caps, 11. Jamba Ulengo (Bulls) 0 caps, 12. Rohan Janse van Rensburg (Lions) 0 caps, 13. Francois Venter (Cheetahs) 0 caps, 14. Sergeal Petersen (Cheetahs) 0 caps, 15. Jesse Kriel (Bulls) 17 caps.
Reserves: 16. Bongi Mbonambi (Western Province) 3 caps, 17. Lizo Gqoboko (Bulls) 0 caps, 18. Trevor Nyakane (Bulls) 26 caps, 19. Eben Etzebeth (Western Province) 53 caps, 20. Jean-Luc du Preez (Sharks) 0 caps, 21. Piet van Zyl (Bulls) 2 caps, 22. Tian Schoeman (Bulls) 0 caps, 23. Ruan Combrinck (Lions) 4 caps, 13 points
http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby/springboks&id=3770864
Comparing those 2 sides suggests the Springboks could get smashed this weekend! Only advantage they have is that they have been training together for longer and that the Baabaas only assembled this week.
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SA losing to what is effectively a super XV international rejects XV: boks, ABs, wallabies, maori ABs.
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Just watched that Baabaas game and it was pretty entertaining.
Stirzaker is one of the more frustrating players to watch.
Naiyaravoro had a huge game in attack.
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@Dice That picture was from the Barbarians' twitter feed. This is from their website and includes their teams:
15 Clayton Blommetjies (Cheetahs)
14 Luke Morahan (Force & Australia)
13 Matt Faddes (Highlanders)
12 Robert du Preez (Stormers)
11 Taqele Naiyaravoro (Waratahs/Panasonic & Australia)
10 Richard Mo’unga (Crusaders)
9 Nic Stirzaker (Rebels)
1 Schalk van der Merwe (Montpellier)
2 Andrew Ready (Reds)
3 Toby Smith (Rebels & Australia)
4 Dan Tuohy (Ulster & Ireland, captain)
5 Martin Muller (Lions)
6 Sam Carter (Brumbies & Australia)
7 Kwagga Smith (Lions)
8 Ruan Ackermann (Lions)Replacements:
16 Akker van der Merwe (Lions)
17 Reggie Goodes (Hurricanes)
18 Ben Franks (London Irish & New Zealand)
19 Michael Fatialofa (Hurricanes)
20 Brad Shields (Hurricanes)
21 Andy Ellis (Crusaders/Kobelco & New Zealand)
22 Jordan Taufua (Crusaders)
23 Melani Nanai (Blues)http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news/tuohy-and-franks-join-barbarians-to-face-czech-republic/
Awesome. Can't wait to see Taufua play first five when he comes off the bench!
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Just in case not everyone (who would like to watch this game) had noticed, I have added links to the schedule in the first post of this thread, at least one of which - hopefully - will go to a livestream of the Barbarians match tomorrow morning. Kick-off 7.00am (the livestream begins approx 6.10am). I can't exclude the possibility that there is a geo-block on the livestream but that won't have to stop you from watching ...
I've read a few articles from Czech online newspapers (with the help of Google translate) and it seems everyone there is very excited about this game. The game is played in a speedway stadium and it's a sell-out (I don't now the capacity of the stadium). If I understand it correctly, the game is played against the Czech Republic, and in Prague, to celebrate the 90 year anniversary of the Czech Rugby Union. There's a lot of emphasis on the New Zealanders in the squad, particularly Ben Franks because he's a double World Cup winner.
The Barbarians have held rugby clinics for a great number of children the past few days, and media - and Czech players interviewed by those media - see their presence and the game as great boost for Czech rugby. There have also been tours around the city for the players, to show them Prague, which is - from what I've heard - a beautiful city with a lot of impressive, old buildings.
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This link to the Baabaas game works http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/10208257024-ragby/216471291302001-cesko-barbarian-fc/
