2016 End-of-year internationals
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@Rapido Don't know. All I know is that some of the proceeds go to local/regional clubs and player development. Sometimes the games serve as fundraisers for charities. If I understand it correctly, Barbarians players don't get paid for playing for the team and only receive reimbursement of travel and accomodation costs and the likes.
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France
1 Poirot 2. Guirado (cap), 3. Atonio, 4. Le Devedec, 5. Maestri, 6. Goujon, 7. Gourdon, 8. Picamoles, 9. Machenaud, 10. Trinh-Duc, 11. Vakatawa, 12. Fofana, 13. Lamerat, 14. Huget, 15. Spedding
Reserves : 16. Chat, 17. Baille, 18. Slimani, 19. Vahaamahina, 20. Ollivon, 21. Serin, 22. Doussain, 23. Fickou,
https://www.ffr.fr/Equipes-de-France/Rugby-a-XV/XV-France/France-Samoa-La-composition
Samoa
1 Zac Taulafo 2 Manu Leaiataua, 3 Census Johnston, 4 Christopher Vui, 5 Filo Paulo, 6 Alafoti Faosiliva, 7 Jack Lam, 8 Genesis Mamea-Lemalu, 9 Kahn Fotuali'i, 10 Patrick Faapale, 11 David Lemi (c), 12 Rey Lee-Lo, 13 George Pisi, 14 Paul Perez, 15 Paul Williams,
Reserves: 16 Elia Elia, 17 Logovi'i Mulipola, 18 Anthony Perenise, 19 Jeff Lepa, 20 Gregory Foe, 21 Pele Cowley, 22 D'Angelo Leuila, 23 Ken Pisi
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@Stargazer I'm under the impression the barbarians players get a very nice pay day indeed.
Eg
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/wallabies-trio-escape-aru-censure-over-cash-stash-20110327-1cbzi.html
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Lambie at 10 won't be pretty for the Boks. England by 10+ I reckon.
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@MiketheSnow Howley didn't just drop Roberts though did he Mike? More like he threw him under the bus. Public criticism of a senior player is a new(ish) one ins't it?
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@Catogrande said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
@MiketheSnow Howley didn't just drop Roberts though did he Mike? More like he threw him under the bus. Public criticism of a senior player is a new(ish) one ins't it?
Howley hasn't worked out that Biggar is not compatible with a more expansive game plan.
G Davies, Biggar, Roberts works for one style of play
G Davies, S Davies and S Williams offers far more variety and more opportunity to play what's in front of you.
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@MiketheSnow For sure Mike I can see the rationale for dropping Roberts, I just thought it was a bit of a shit thing to publicly criticise him when he dropped him.
On The Sam Davis thing, I'm not sure I could take too much away from his cameo but he sure as hell wasn't fazed by international rugby.
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@Stargazer said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
England team to play South Africa:
1 Mako Vunipola, 2. Dylan Hartley, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 Courtney Lawes, 6 Chris Robshaw, 7 Tom Wood, 8 Billy Vunipola, 9 Ben Youngs; 10 George Ford, 11 Jonny May, 12 Owen Farrell, 13 Elliot Daly, 14 Marland Yarde, 15. Mike Brown,
Reserves: 16 Jamie George, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Dave Attwood, 20 Nathan Hughes, 21 Danny Care, 22 Ben Te'o, 23 Jonathan Joseph
http://www.englandrugby.com/news/england-name-team-face-south-africa/
Itoje? Injured?
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@booboo Yeah as @Sapetyvi said, he's out, as is Kruis, so we are down to the lock pairing that a year ago we thought would be the England boiler room for the next 6 years. Launchbury and Lawes with Atwood on the bench. We're lucky to have that depth, we saw what losing two locks like Whitelock and Retallick can mean. We've also lost a host of back rowers, although a good few of them were Eddie's surprise picks. Front liners were Haskell and Clifford. Both previous first choice wingers are gone too.
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I appreciate you putting up this comprehensive schedule for the Northern Hemisphere matches which is, I found, beyond the capability of some of the unions and rugby sites themselves!
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Just going by the highlights France look like they might be on the turnaround - a new coach and they look like they are playing with some flair again. They'll be a real challenge for Wallabies and ABs the next two weeks I think. Sounds like they have some injuries though.
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@Mick-Gold-Coast-QLD Thanks. I just hate to miss games, because the tv guides are so unclear (awful design) or incomplete. I mean, Sky NZ's tv guide doesn't even show it's own rugby pop-up channels! So I usually make my own list. If I have a list, I may as well post it on the Fern so others can find the games' broadcast times and channels, too.
By the way, if anyone is interested in watching the Georgia v Japan game, here's the full video:
