2016 End-of-year internationals

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There has been a late change to the Barbarians line-up - Nanai replaces Naiyaravaro at 11. Buckman onto bench.

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The Czechs have a pretty solid scrum.

12-0 to the Baabaas so far

thanks for the link

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Under the posts for Faddes, make that 19-0

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I read on the Barbarians twitter feed that it's 0 degrees in Prague. Yikes.

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@Stargazer it looks fucken cold that's for sure.

It must be close to that in London tonight as well.

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Sam Carter with the try. The stream is delayed, because apparently there has already been another try to the Baabaas.

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Yep, scored by Nanai. It looks like Mo'unga and Du Preez are sharing the kicking duties: it's 31-0 to the Baabaas. It's going to be a monster score.

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Half time: 31-0 Baabaas

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Try Kwagga Smith: 38-0

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The crowd really seems to enjoy the game, despite their team being smashed. Jumping up and down will also help to stay warm.

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Nanai one of the best players on the field.

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Try Mo'unga. It's 45-0 to the Barbarians after the conversion.

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A try to Matt Faddes (his second) makes it 50-0

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The Baabaas bench players are finally getting ready to come on. They're only getting 10-12 minutes on the field.

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Then a try to Schalk van der Merwe. It's 64-0.

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The Czech commentators can't stop talking about Ben Franks, who is now on the field. No idea what they are saying of course, my czech is a bit rusty.

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Nanai scores again. It's 71-0 with 3 minutes to go.

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Game is over (71-0). It looks like Franks was the only player coming off the bench. Rest of the reserves not used.

Not the best of games to watch, but the crowd seemed to love it and was very noisy. I understand from the interview with Man of the Match Nanai (only 2 interviews were in English) that this was the first rugby game on Czech television, but I may have misunderstood that. All the Czech players are semi-pro, so no surprise that they lost this way, but it must have been a great experience to them playing against all these Super Rugby players and some Tier 1 internationals. They were very competitive.

I loved how both teams made round through the stadium to thank the crowd, which didn't seem to want to leave at all and gave the teams a standing ovation.