Barbarians: November 2019 Tour
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Well this has flown under my radar...
The Baabaas have a November tour, starting with a "home"game against Fiji at Twickenam on 16 November, followed by an away game against Brazil in Sao Paolo on 20 November, and then another away game against Wales at the Principality Stadium on 30 November.
Delighted I have some more - hopefully - good rugby to enjoy.
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A bit more info.
Eddie Jones will coach the Baabaas for the game against Fiji on 16/11.
Warren Gatland will coach the Baabaas against Wales on 30/11.It's unclear who will coach the team against Brazil.
Springboks Lukhanyo Am, Makazole Mapimpi, Tendai โBeastโ Mtawarira and Herschel Jantjies have already been confirmed for the Barbarians. Rory Best, Mathieu Bastereaud and Morne Steyn will also play for the Baabaas.
The Barbarians v Wales game is a double header. The Barbarians Women's team will play Wales' women.
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@Stargazer Gatland coaching the Baabaas against Wales! Now that is a surprise. Someone has a sense of humour
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@chimoaus said in Barbarians: November 2019 Tour:
I thought Gatland would be on the first plane back to Chiefs land, obviously has a few loose ends to sort out first. Wouldnโt be surprised if Gatland Jnr gets a run.
I imagine coaching the Baabaa's - as well as being a bloody fun time - would be a very nice little xmas bonus.
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@Bones said in Barbarians: November 2019 Tour:
@chimoaus said in Barbarians: November 2019 Tour:
I thought Gatland would be on the first plane back to Chiefs land, obviously has a few loose ends to sort out first. Wouldnโt be surprised if Gatland Jnr gets a run.
I imagine coaching the Baabaa's - as well as being a bloody fun time - would be a very nice little xmas bonus.
Yeah I think they get a very nice bonus, didnโt an Aussie player get pulled up at the airport with their BaaBaas cash?
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@scribe The Baabaas are always releasing the names of their squad members one by one (or two, three), like they're dripfeeding us the names. I haven't seen more names than posted earlier; only exception is Pumas & Jaguares prop Ramiro Herrera, whose name I had missed.
If players' travel pictures on social media are anything to go by, there's a possibility that David Havili and Andrew Makalio? are in the squad (and Pete Samu), but that's a wild guess haha. I'm only sure of Samu being in London.
Edited to add that Nigel Owens has received special dispensation from World Rugby to officiate the Wales v Baabaas game.
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And ...... just as I finish editing my previous post, the Barbarians post the squad for their Autumn Tour (the emojis are theirs, not mine):
FORWARDS ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช
Tendai MTAWARIRA ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐
Rory BESTโ๏ธ
Enrique PIERETTO ๐ฆ๐ท
Luke JONES ๐ฆ๐บ
Matt PHILIP ๐ฆ๐บ
Pete SAMU ๐ฆ๐บ
Marco van STADEN ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Josh STRAUSS ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Andrew MAKALIO (Uncapped)
Campese MAAFU ๐ซ๐ฏ
Hencus van WYK (Uncapped)
Tyler ARDRON ๐จ๐ฆ
Angus COTTREL (Uncapped)BACKS ๐ฅโจ๐ฅ
Makazole MAPIMPI ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐
Mathieu BASTAREAUD ๐ซ๐ท
Lukhanyo AM ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐
Jano VERMAAK ๐ฟ๐ฆ
David HAVILI ๐ณ๐ฟ
Morne STEYN ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Santiago IGLESIAS ๐ฆ๐ท
Curwin BOSCH ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Billy MEAKES (Uncapped)
Bautista EZCURRA ๐ฆ๐ท
Andre ESTERHUIZEN ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Joe POWELL ๐ฆ๐บ
Dylan LEYDS ๐ฟ๐ฆ -
@chimoaus said in Barbarians: November 2019 Tour:
@Bones said in Barbarians: November 2019 Tour:
@chimoaus said in Barbarians: November 2019 Tour:
I thought Gatland would be on the first plane back to Chiefs land, obviously has a few loose ends to sort out first. Wouldnโt be surprised if Gatland Jnr gets a run.
I imagine coaching the Baabaa's - as well as being a bloody fun time - would be a very nice little xmas bonus.
Yeah I think they get a very nice bonus, didnโt an Aussie player get pulled up at the airport with their BaaBaas cash?
Yep.
**Wallabies trio escape ARU censure over cash stash
Greg Growden
March 28, 2011The Australian Rugby Union will take no action after three Wallabies were issued with infringement notices by the Australian Federal Police after failing to declare money to Customs officers. Matt Giteau, Adam Ashley-Cooper and Drew Mitchell were investigated by the AFP after not declaring more than $60,000 in cash to Customs when they returned to Sydney following the Wallabies' end-of-season tour last December. The money was earned when the trio played for the Barbarians at the end of the northern hemisphere tour. The players said they had forgotten to declare the money, and were fined $220 each by the AFP. An ARU spokesman yesterday said the union had made inquires on the matter. ''It is important to note it is not an offence to bring in to the country more than $10,000 in foreign currency,'' the spokesman said. ''The issue has been dealt with, and we consider the matter closed.''*
*It is an offence not to declare over $10,000 hence the fine. I do wonder why they were paid in cash though? Avoiding the ATO with overseas earnings?
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@antipodean Exactly.