2016 End-of-year internationals
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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)
http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news/pride-of-lions-take-on-south-africa-with-barbarians/ -
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/
