Barbarians v World XV

[Stargazer]

Sunday 28 May 2023 - 2.00pm (local time) - Twickenham, London
(Monday 29 May 2023 - 1.00am NZT)

BARBARIAN F.C. (coached by Eddie Jones)

Forwards:

Nic Dolly (Leicester Tigers and England)

Taulupe Faletau (Cardiff Rugby, Wales, British & Irish Lions)

Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys, Wales, British & Irish Lions)

Stephan Lewies (Harlequins and South Africa)

Steven Luatua (Bristol Bears and New Zealand)

Enrique Pieretto (Glasgow Warriors and Argentina)

Carlü Sadie (Cell C Sharks)

Rob Simmons (London Irish and Australia)

Harry Thacker (Bristol Bears)

Sione Vailanu (Glasgow Warriors and Tonga)

Aaron Wainwright (Dragons Rugby and Wales)

Alex Waller (Northampton Saints)

Tom West (Leicester Tigers)

Hiroki Yamamoto (Toshiba Brave Lupus and Japan)

Backs:

Gareth Anscombe (Ospreys and Wales)

Qaude Cooper (Hanazono Kintetsu Liners and Australia)

Aaron Cruden (Tokyo Sungoliath and New Zealand)

Francois Hougaard (Saracens and South Africa)

Samu Kerevi (Tokyo Sungoliath and Australia)

Teviat Li (Tokyo Sungoliath)

Jack Maunder (Exeter Chiefs and England)

Adam Radwan (Newcastle Falcons and England)

Seta Tamanivalu (Toshiba Brave Lupus and Fiji)

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WORLD XV (coached by Steve Hansen)

Forwards:

Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors and Scotland)

Niccolò Cannone (Benetton Rugby and Italy)

Elliot Dee (Dragons Rugby and Wales)

Allan Dell (Glasgow Warriors and Scotland)

Harry Hockings (Tokyo Sungoliath)

Wyn Jones (Scarlets Rugby, Wales, British & Irish Lions)

Oli Kebble (Glasgow Warriors and Scotland)

Michele Lamaro (Benetton Rugby and Italy)

Viliame Mata (Edinburgh Rugby and Fiji)

Sebastian Negri (Benetton Rugby and Italy)

Api Ratuniyarawa (London Irish and Fiji)

Marcus Street (Exeter Chiefs)

Backs:

Bryn Hall (Shizuoka Blue Revs)

Adam Hastings (Gloucester Rugby and Scotland)

Israel Folau (Urayasu D-Rocks and Tonga)

Marika Koroibete (Saitama Wild Knights and Australia)

Ngani Laumape (Kobelco Kobe Steelers and New Zealand)

Sbu Nkosi (Vodacom Bulls and South Africa)

Rhys Patchell (Scarlets Rugby and Wales)

Nick Phipps (Green Rockets Tokatsu and Australia)

Charles Piutau (Bristol Bears and Tonga)

Semi Radradra (Bristol Bears and Fiji)

[Bones]

The World XV has changed since I remember it.

[Stargazer]

Apparently, there have already been changes to those squads since they were published:

Wallabies winger Marika Koroibete has pulled out of the World XV squad. His place has gone to Kaminieli Rasaku of Bayonne and Fiji 7s. Ulster and Ireland back-rower Jordi Murphy has been added to the World XV squad.

Glasgow midfielder Sam Johnson and Toyota Verblitz wing Taichi Takahashi have been added to the Barbarian FC squad.

Barbarians, World XV make two changes each, Koroibete pulls out

Marika Koroibete has pulled out of Steve Hansen’s World XV squad for this Sunday’s Killik Cup clash with Eddie Jones’ Barbarians.

[Stargazer]

Does anyone have experience with watching games on Recast?

[Machpants]

Never even heard of it.

Remember the days when the baa baas traditionally included one non capped player.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

This is actually something that excites me a bit. Will probably watch on Stan.

Interesting that Foolhow is there. Would have been the target of a boycott not that long ago.

[Daffy Jaffy]

Barbarians: Gareth Anscombe; Adam Radwan, Seta Tamanivalu, Samu Kerevi, Tevita Li; Quade Cooper (vc), Jack Maunder; Alex Waller, Nic Dolly, Enrique Pieretto, Alun Wyn Jones (c), Stephan Lewies, Aaron Wainwright, Kai Yamamoto, Steven Luatua.

Replacements: Harry Thacker, Tom Est, Carlu Sadie, Rob Simmons, Sione Vailanu, Francois Hougaard, Aaron Cruden, Sam Johnson.

World XV: Charles Piutau; Israel Folau, Semi Radradra, Ngani Laumape, Sbu Nkosi; Adam Hastings, Nick Phipps; Wyn Jones, Fraser Brown, Oli Kebble, Api Ratuniyarawa, Harry Hockings, Sebastian Negri, Michele Lamara (c), Vilame Mata.

Replacements: Elliot Dee, Allan Dell, Marcus Street, Niccolò Cannone, Jordi Murphy, Bryn Hall, Rhys Patchell, Kaminieli Rasaku.

[pakman]

Can't say I recognise many of the World XV forwards (three)!

[booboo]

@pakman said in Barbarians v World XV:

Can't say I recognise many of the World XV forwards (three)!

Same for me for Baabaa's forwards

[Kirwan]

I was hoping to see a cool World XV jersey like this;

Green squiggles is pretty meh.

[Kirwan]

Giving me a headache

[Jailbreak7]

Game more like a Sunday game of afternoon footy in the park between sides made up of whoever-turns-up-plays. Pretty much keystone cops moves most of the time. Pretty loose from both teams. Knock-ons and TOs are the order of the day. Tamanivalu a handful. Piutau, Li, Bryn Hall, look ok plus Radradra, Cooper, Anscombe. Others not so much. Nice cameo from Cruden. Folau still a fluffybuuny. Comms said Piutau was the best player they had seen in England for a while. Go figure.

[Stargazer]

@Jailbreak7 I didn't see the game, but the Twitter commentary from the Barbarians account was entertaining, as usual.

[Duluth]

[MiketheSnow]

Good bank holiday entertainment

Some fabulous tries