Barbarian F.C.

Barbarians

Nickname(s)	Baa-Baas
Coach(es)	Michael Cheika (October 2015)
Most appearances	Tony O'Reilly (30)
Top scorer	Tony O'Reilly (38 tries)
Team kit
First match
Hartlepool Rovers 4–9 Barbarians (27 December 1890)
Largest win
Belgium  10–84 Barbarians (24 May 2008)
Largest defeat
England XV  73–12 Barbarians (31 May 2015)[1]
Official website
www.barbarianfc.co.uk

The Barbarian Football Club, a rugby union team usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational team based in Britain. The Barbarians play in traditional black and white hoops, though players retain the socks from their "home" club strip.

Membership is by invitation and the only qualification considered when issuing an invitation is the standard of a player's skills, secondly he should behave himself both on and off the field. Being asked to become a Barbarian is an honour and isn't restricted to British or Irish players. Consequently, players from 27 other countries have worn Barbarian colours.^[2] Traditionally at least one uncapped player is selected for each match.

The Barbarians traditionally played six annual encounters, Penarth, Cardiff, Swansea and Newport during their Easter Tour; a Boxing Day game with Leicester and the Mobbs Memorial Match against East Midlands in the spring. In 1948, the Barbarians were invited to face Australia as part of that team's tour of Britain, Ireland and France. Although initially designed as a fund raiser towards the end of the tour, the encounter became a popular fixture for most touring nations to Britain, and a Barbarian tradition.

On 29 May 2011, during halftime of the Barbarians' match against England at Twickenham, the Barbarians and their founder William Percy Carpmael were honoured for their unique contributions to the sport with induction to the IRB Hall of Fame.^[3]

Worldwide, many invitational clubs are based on the Barbarian Football Club, in particular the Barbarian Rugby Club, also known as the French Barbarians, and others, in rugby or sometimes other sports, noted at Barbarian (disambiguation).

History

Barbarians team that faced Huddersfield, December 1891

The Barbarian Club was formed by William Percy Carpmael, who had played rugby for Cambridge University,^[4] and had been part of the Cambridge team which had undertaken a tour of Yorkshire in 1884.^[5] Inspired by the culture behind short rugby tours he organised his first tour in 1889 with Clapham Rovers,^[5] which was followed by an 1890 tour with an invitational team calling themselves the Southern Nomads.^[6] At the time practically every club ceased playing in early March and there were no tours and players just 'packed up' until the following season. In 1890 he took the Southern Nomads – mainly composed of players from Blackheath – on a tour of some northern counties of England.

His idea – collecting a touring side from all sources to tackle a few leading clubs in the land – received strong support from leading players, particularly ex-university players. On 8 April 1890, in Leuchters Restaurant and later at the Alexandra Hotel in Bradford, the concept of the Barbarians was agreed upon.^[7] The team toured later that year and beat Hartlepool Rovers 9–4 on 27 December in their first fixture.

The team was given the motto by Walter Julius Carey, former Bishop of Bloemfontein and a former member of the Barbarians:^[8]

Rugby Football is a game for gentlemen in all classes, but for no bad sportsman in any class.

Penarth, Barbarians HQ

The concept took hold over the years and the nearest thing to a club home came to be the Esplanade Hotel at Penarth in South Wales, where the Barbarians always stayed on their Easter tours of Wales.^[9] The annual Good Friday game against the Barbarians was the highlight of the Penarth club's year and was always attended by enthusiastic capacity crowds. This fixture marked the start of the "Baa-Baas'" annual South Wales tour from their "spiritual home" of Penarth, which also encompassed playing Cardiff RFC on the Saturday, Swansea RFC on Easter Monday and Newport RFC on the Tuesday.

The non-match day of Easter Sunday would always see the Barbarians playing golf at the Glamorganshire Golf Club,^[10] in Penarth, while the former Esplanade Hotel, which was located on the seafront at Penarth, would host the gala party for the trip, sponsored by the Penarth RFC club. The first match took place in 1901,^[9] and over the next 75 encounters, Penarth won eleven games, drew four and lost 60. Between 1920 and the first Athletics Field game in 1925, the Good Friday games were hosted on Penarth County Grammar School's sports field.

The final Penarth v Barbarians game was played in 1986, by which time the Penarth club had slipped from its former prominent position in Welsh rugby. However, a special commemorative game, recognising the 100 years since the first Good Friday match, took place in 2001 and was played at the Athletic Field next to the Penarth clubhouse the day before the Barbarians played Wales at the Millennium Stadium. Gary Teichmann, captain of both the South African International squad and the Barbarians, unveiled a plaque at the clubhouse to mark the event.

The Final Challenge

After the Second World War, in 1948, the Barbarians were asked by the British and Irish Unions to raise a side to play the touring Australian side. This started the tradition of the "Final Challenge" – played as the last match in a tour of Britain and Ireland by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

That game, that try

The Barbarian Final Challenge match with the All Blacks at Cardiff Arms Park on 27 January 1973 is celebrated as one of the best games of rugby union ever played. It was a game of attack and counterattack.

Cliff Morgan described that try by Gareth Edwards:

Kirkpatrick to Williams. This is great stuff! Phil Bennett covering chased by Alistair Scown. Brilliant, oh, that's brilliant! John Williams, Bryan Williams. Pullin. John Dawes, great dummy. To David, Tom David, the half-way line! Brilliant by Quinnell! This is Gareth Edwards! A dramatic start! What a score!!.....Oh that fellow Edwards....If the greatest writer of the written word would've written that story no one would have believed it. That really was something.^[11]

Gareth Edwards said of the match:

The Barbarians won the match 23–11, handing the All Blacks their fourth defeat of the tour.

Scorers:

Barbarians: Tries: G.O. Edwards, J.F. Slattery, J.C. Bevan, J.P.R. Williams; Conversions: P. Bennett (2); Penalty: P. Bennett

All Blacks: Tries: G.B. Batty (2); Penalty: J.F. Karam

Past presidents

The office was first instituted in 1913:

• W.P. Carpmael, held office from 1913–1936; (the founder of the Barbarians)
• Emile de Lissa, held office from 1936–1955; associated as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President and President from 1901–1955
• Jack "Haigho" Smith, held office in 1955, (term lasted for only a few weeks before his death, having previously given devoted service as Honorary Secretary for more than 30 years)
• Brigadier Glyn Hughes, held office from 1955–1973;
• Herbert Waddell, held office from 1973–1988;
• Micky Steele-Bodger, held office since 1988.

Traditional matches

The nature of the Barbarians as a touring side made for a diverse fixture list, but at a number of points in the club's history they have settled for a time into a regular pattern. Most of these regular matches have fallen by the wayside, whilst others continue to the present day:

• Boxing Day game against Leicester Tigers – this began in 1909 as the third and final match of the Christmas Tour. It was played for the last time as a regular fixture in March 2006^[12] but returned in November 2014 when the Barbarians beat Leicester 59-26 in their 125th anniversary season.^[13]
• The Edgar Mobbs Memorial Match – held for Edgar Mobbs, who was killed in The First World War. Played at Franklins Gardens against Northampton Saints, Bedford Blues or The East Midlands select XV. The first took place on 10 February 1921, and in later years became a tradition on the first Thursday in March. The last Mobbs Match to feature the Barbarians took place in April 2011. Since then, the invited opposition has been a British Army side instead of the Barbarians.^[14]
• Easter Tour – traditionally four matches against Penarth RFC (Good Friday), Cardiff RFC/Cardiff Blues (Easter Saturday); Swansea RFC (Easter Monday) and Newport RFC (Tuesday following Easter Monday). The Penarth match was dropped after the 1986 match as a regular fixture although in 2001 a special commemorative game, recognising the 100 years since the first Good Friday match, took place in 2001 and was played at the Athletic Field next to the Penarth clubhouse the day before the Barbarians played Wales at the Millennium Stadium. The game against Newport was moved away from Easter after the 1982 fixture due to problems fielding a team for the fourth match of the tour^[15] and was played as a midweek game early in the season from September 1982 onwards.^[16] The Barbarians last played Newport in November 1996.
• The Final Challenge — played as the last match in a tour of the UK by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Because of the changes in the game in recent years, long tours have effectively disappeared from the game and there is less scope for this challenge. The fixture returned on 3 December 2008 when the Barbarians played Australia at Wembley Stadium, the first rugby union match to be played there since its redevelopment.
• Remembrance Day game against the Combined Services, played in November. The fixture was first played in 1997 and the most recent game, in 2014, resulted in a 31-15 win for the Barbarians.^[17]

They typically compete against teams from the home nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland) as well as other international sides. Other matches are played against club teams, often to celebrate anniversaries. The 2014-15 fixture list included matches against Leicester Tigers and Heriot's Rugby Club in addition to the Final Challenge game with Australia and the annual Combined Services match.^[18] The Heriot's game celebrated the 125th anniversary of both that club and the Barbarians,^[19] while the Leicester game was also part of the Barbarians' 125th anniversary schedule.^[20]

1908 Olympic rugby union centenary celebration match

Australia was approached by the British Olympic Association to play the Barbarians at Wembley Stadium on 3 December 2008. The match formed part of the BOA's programme of events to celebrate the centenary of the first London Olympic Games where Australia defeated a Great Britain (Cornwall) side in the final 32 – 3.^[21] In 1908 France were the defending Olympic champions, but when they withdrew from the event, leaving just Australia and Great Britain to contest the gold medal, it was then County champions Cornwall who took to the field to represent the host nation. Cornwall had already been defeated in Australia's earlier 31-match tour. Cornwall's 1908 contribution was also further recognised by the presentation of the Cornwall Cup to the winning 2008 captain at Wembley, with the players of the respective sides receiving gold or silver commemorative medals. The 2008 game was the first rugby union fixture to take place in the new Wembley Stadium, the old stadium having been last used for Wales' last gasp 32–31 victory over England in the then Five Nations in 1999.^[22] Australia went on to win 18 points to 11.

In a change to the tradition of the Barbarians players wearing their own club socks, in this game, they all wore Cornwall's black and gold socks. The break with the tradition was highly regarded by the secretary of the Cornwall Rugby Football Union, Alan Mitchell, who was said to have been humbled by the honour.^[22]

Matches against international sides

Opposing Teams	For	Against	Result	Date	Venue	City	Competition
Wales	26	10	Won	17 April 1915	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Tour Match To raise 'patriotic funds'
Australia	9	6	Won	31 January 1948	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
South Africa	3	17	Lost	26 January 1952	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
New Zealand	5	19	Lost	20 February 1954	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
Australia	11	6	Won	22 February 1958	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
East Africa	52	12	Won	28 May 1958	RFUEA Ground	Nairobi	Tour Match
South Africa	6	0	Won	4 February 1961	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
Canada	3	3	Draw	17 November 1962		Gosforth	Tour Match
New Zealand	3	36	Lost	15 February 1964	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
Australia	11	17	Lost	28 January 1967	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
New Zealand	6	11	Lost	16 December 1967	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
Rhodesia	24	21	Won	26 May 1969	Police grounds	Salisbury	Tour Match
South Africa	12	21	Lost	31 January 1970	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Scotland	33	17	Won	9 May 1970	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match In aid of 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Fiji	9	29	Lost	24 October 1970		Gosforth	Final Challenge
New Zealand	23	11	Won	27 January 1973	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
New Zealand	13	13	Draw	30 November 1974	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
Australia	19	7	Won	24 January 1976	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
Canada	29	4	Won	12 June 1976		Toronto	Tour Match
British and Irish Lions	14	23	Lost	10 September 1977	Twickenham	London	Silver Jubilee Match
New Zealand	16	18	Lost	16 December 1978	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
Scotland	26	13	Won	1983	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match
Australia	30	37	Lost	15 December 1984	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
Italy	23	15	Won	26 May 1985	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Tour Match
Australia	22	40	Lost	26 November 1988	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
New Zealand	10	21	Lost	25 November 1989	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
England	16	18	Lost	29 September 1990	Twickenham		Tour Match Centenary celebrations
Wales	31	24	Won	6 October 1990	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Tour Match Centenary celebrations
Argentina	34	22	Won	17 November 1990	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
Scotland	16	16	Draw	7 September 1991	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match
Russia	23	27	Lost	6 June 1992	Lokomotiv	Moscow	Tour Match
Australia	20	30	Lost	28 November 1992	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
New Zealand	12	25	Lost	4 December 1993	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Final Challenge
Zimbabwe	21	23	Lost	4 June 1994			Tour Match
South Africa	23	15	Won	3 December 1994	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Final Challenge
Ireland	70	38	Won	1996	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Tour Match Peace International
Scotland	48	45	Won	17 August 1996	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match Dunblane Disaster Fund Match
Wales	10	31	Lost	24 August 1996	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	Tour Match Fully capped match for Wales
Australia	12	39	Lost	7 December 1996	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
Ireland	31	30	Won	May 2000	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Tour Match
Scotland	45	42	Won	31 May 2000	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match
Germany	47	19	Won	12 August 2000	Eilenriedestadion	Hanover	Tour Match German Rugby Federation Centenary Match
South Africa	31	41	Lost	10 December 2000	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Final Challenge
Wales	40	38	Won	20 May 2001	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Tour Match
Scotland	74	31	Won	24 May 2001	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match
England	43	29	Won	27 May 2001	Twickenham		Tour Match
Australia	35	49	Lost	28 November 2001	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Final Challenge
England	29	53	Lost	May 2002	Twickenham		Tour Match
Wales	40	25	Won	May 2002	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Tour Match
Scotland	47	27	Won	June 2002	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match
England	49	36	Won	May 2003	Twickenham		Tour Match
Scotland	24	15	Won	May 2003	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match
Wales	48	35	Won	May 2003	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Tour Match
Scotland	40	33	Won	22 May 2004	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match
Wales	0	42	Lost	27 May 2004	Ashton Gate	Bristol	Tour Match
England	32	12	Won	30 May 2004	Twickenham		Tour Match
Portugal	66	34	Won	10 June 2004	Universitário Lisboa	Lisbon	Tour Match
New Zealand	19	47	Lost	4 December 2004	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
Scotland	7	38	Lost	24 May 2005	Pittodrie	Aberdeen	Tour Match
England	52	39	Won	28 May 2005	Twickenham		Tour Match
England	19	46	Lost	28 May 2006	Twickenham		Tour Match
Scotland	19	66	Lost	31 May 2006	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Tour Match
Georgia	28	19	Won	4 June 2006	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Tbilisi	Tour Match
Tunisia	33	10	Won	19 May 2007	Stade El Menzah	Tunis	Tour Match
Spain	52	26	Won	23 June 2007	Martínez Valero	Elche	Tour Match
South Africa	22	5	Won	1 December 2007	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
Belgium	84	10	Won	24 May 2008	Stade Roi Baudouin	Brussels	Tour Match
Ireland	14	39	Lost	27 May 2008	Kingsholm	Gloucester	Tour Match
England	14	17	Lost	1 June 2008	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Australia	11	18	Lost	3 December 2008	Wembley Stadium	London	Final Challenge / Cornwall Cup
England	35	26	Lost	3 May 2009	Twickenham	London	Tour Match [23]
Australia	7	55	Lost	6 June 2009	Sydney Football Stadium	Sydney	Tour Match [24]
New Zealand	25	18	Won	5 December 2009	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
England	26	35	Lost	30 May 2010	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Ireland	29	23	Won	4 June 2010	Thomond Park	Limerick	Tour Match
South Africa	26	20	Won	4 December 2010	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
England	38	32	Won	29 May 2011	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Wales	31	28	Won	4 June 2011	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Tour Match Celebration of 130th anniversary of the WRU; fully capped match for Wales
Australia	11	60	Lost	26 November 2011	Twickenham	London	Final Challenge
England	26	57	Lost	27 May 2012	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Ireland	29	28	Won	29 May 2012	Kingsholm Stadium	Gloucester	Tour Match
Wales	21	30	Lost	2 June 2012	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Tour Match Fully capped match for Wales
England	12	40	Lost	26 May 2013	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
British and Irish Lions	8	59	Lost	1 June 2013	Hong Kong Stadium	Hong Kong	Lions Tour Match [25]
Fiji	43	17	Won	30 November 2013	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
England	39	29	Won	1 June 2014	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Australia	36	40	Lost	1 November 2014	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Ireland	22	21	Won	28 May 2015	Thomond Park	Limerick	Tour Match
England	12	73	Lost	31 May 2015	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Samoa	27	24	Won	29 August 2015	Olympic Stadium	London	Tour Match
Argentina	31	49	Lost	21 November 2015	Twickenham	London	Tour Match

Overall

Against	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %
Argentina	2	1	1	0	50.00%
Australia	13	3	10	0	23.00%
Belgium	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Canada	2	1	0	1	50.00%
East Africa	1	1	0	0	100.00%
England	15	7	8	0	46.67%
Fiji	2	1	1	0	50.00%
Georgia	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Germany	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Ireland	6	5	1	0	83.33%
Italy	1	1	0	0	100.00%
British and Irish Lions	2	0	2	0	0.00%
New Zealand	10	2	7	1	20.00%
Portugal	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Rhodesia	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Russia	1	0	1	0	0.00%
Samoa	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Scotland	11	8	2	1	72.72%
South Africa	7	4	3	0	57.14%
Spain	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Wales	9	6	3	0	66.67%
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0.00%
Total	90	46	41	3	51.11%

Squad for November 2015 match v Argentina

Barbarians 24-man squad to play Argentina on 21 November at Twickenham Stadium in London.^[26]

Despite being initially named in the squad Jean de Villiers, Greg Holmes, Michael Hooper withdrew from the squad.

Jarrad Butler and Thomas du Toit were late call ups for the squad, replacing Warren Whiteley and Tendai Mtawarira.

• Head Coach – Michael Cheika

Note: Italics denotes the traditional uncapped player - Bold denotes players that have represented the Barbarians in previous matches Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Club/province Union James Hanson Hooker (1988-09-15) 15 September 1988 Queensland Reds Australia Stephen Moore Hooker (1983-01-20) 20 January 1983 Brumbies Australia Thomas du Toit Prop (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 Sharks South Africa Charlie Faumuina Prop (1986-12-24) 24 December 1986 Blues New Zealand Jamie Mackintosh Prop (1985-02-20) 20 February 1985 Chiefs New Zealand Toby Smith Prop (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 Melbourne Rebels Australia Bakkies Botha Lock (1979-09-22) 22 September 1979 Unattached (Retired) South Africa Lood de Jager Lock (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 Central Cheetahs South Africa Victor Matfield Lock (1977-05-11) 11 May 1977 Northampton Saints South Africa Scott Fardy Flanker (1984-07-05) 5 July 1984 Brumbies Australia Stephen Hoiles Flanker (1981-10-13) 13 October 1981 NSW Waratahs Australia Ardie Savea Flanker (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 Hurricanes New Zealand Jarrad Butler Number 8 (1991-07-20) 20 July 1991 Brumbies Australia Tawera Kerr-Barlow Scrum-half (1990-08-15) 15 August 1990 Chiefs New Zealand Cobus Reinach Scrum-half (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 Sharks South Africa Pat Lambie Fly-half (1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 Sharks South Africa Lima Sopoaga Fly-half (1991-02-03) 3 February 1991 Highlanders New Zealand Ryan Crotty Centre (1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 Crusaders New Zealand Tevita Kuridrani Centre (1991-03-31) 31 March 1991 Brumbies Australia Francois Venter Centre (1991-04-19) 19 April 1991 Central Cheetahs South Africa Nemani Nadolo Wing (1988-01-31) 31 January 1988 Crusaders Fiji Waisake Naholo Wing (1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 Highlanders New Zealand Joe Tomane Wing (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 Brumbies Australia Nehe Milner-Skudder Fullback (1990-12-15) 15 December 1990 Hurricanes New Zealand

Previous squads

Previous squads Barbarians– Barbarians Summer tour 2015 squad (vs England, Ireland, Samoa) Hooker(s) Saia Fainga'a Deon Fourie Tolu Latu Dave Ward Prop(s) Matías Díaz Carl Hayman Josh Hohneck Adam Jones Benn Robinson Saimone Taumoepeau Roberto Tejerizo Soane Tonga'uiha * Kyle Traynor Maks van Dyk * Lock(s) Bakkies Botha (c) Rodrigo Capó Ortega Jason Eaton * Nathan Hines Luke Jones Samu Manoa Kote Mikautadze Brad Thorn (c) Flanker(s) Liam Gill Shane Jennings (c) Pablo Matera Jacques Potgieter George Smith Adam Thomson Gerhard Vosloo George Whitelock Number 8(s) Ryu Holani Pierre Spies Thomas Waldrom Scrum half(s) Luke Burgess Tomás Cubelli Nic Groom Ruan Pienaar Fly half(s) Stephen Brett Jimmy Gopperth Mike Harris Christian Lealiifano Tusi Pisi Centre(s) Berrick Barnes * Wynand Olivier Ben Tapuai Rene Ranger * Joe Rokocoko Paul Williams Winger(s) Alex Cuthbert Tom English Yoshikazu Fujita Ugo Monye Taqele Naiyaravoro Dom Shipperley * David Smith * Fullback(s) Gio Aplon Dwayne Sweeney Zane Kirchner Coach Robbie Deans (vs England, Ireland) Jamie Joseph (vs Samoa) Barbarians– Barbarians Autumn tour 2014 squad (vs Australia, Leicester Tigers) Hooker(s) Niall Annett James Parsons Mahonri Schwalger Prop(s) Lourens Adriaanse Thomas du Toit Jason Marshall Coenie Oosthuizen * Matt Stevens Angus Ta'avao CJ van der Linde * Lock(s) Matías Alemanno Dominic Bird Alastair Kellock (c) Michael Rhodes Flanker(s) Heinrich Brüssow Steve Luatua Matt Todd Number 8(s) Jacques Botes Adam Thomson Scrum half(s) Tomás Cubelli Sarel Pretorius Fumiaki Tanaka Fly half(s) Marnitz Boshoff Colin Slade Centre(s) Tom English Juan de Jongh Francis Saili Winger(s) Nick Cummins Sean Duke Frank Halai Patrick Osborne * Fullback(s) Tevita Li Tim Nanai-Williams Joaquín Tuculet Coach John Kirwan Barbarians– Barbarians Summer tour 2014 squad (vs England) Hooker(s) Andrew Hore Ti’i Paulo Prop(s) Julien Brugnaut Schalk Ferreira * Nahuel Lobo Sona Taumalolo Davit Zirakashvili Lock(s) Juandré Kruger Donncha O'Callaghan Joe Tekori Flanker(s) Mamuka Gorgodze Alexandre Lapandry Juan Manuel Leguizamón (c) Number 8(s) Roger Wilson Scrum half(s) Jimmy Cowan Tomás Cubelli Fly half(s) Brock James François Trinh-Duc Centre(s) Rene Ranger Benson Stanley Winger(s) Hosea Gear Joe Rokocoko Anthony Tuitavake Fullback(s) Juan Martín Hernández James O'Connor * Coach Dean Ryan Barbarians– Barbarians Autumn tour 2013 squad (vs Fiji) Hooker(s) Keven Mealamu Bismarck du Plessis Prop(s) Matías Díaz Tendai Mtawarira Coenie Oosthuizen Guillermo Roan Lock(s) Dominic Bird Manuel Carizza Eben Etzebeth * Mick O'Driscoll Flip van der Merwe * Flanker(s) Schalk Burger Steve Luatua Luke Whitelock Number 8(s) Duane Vermeulen Scrum half(s) Martín Landajo TJ Perenara Fly half(s) Pat Lambie Tom Taylor Centre(s) Jean de Villiers (c) Gavin Williams Winger(s) Frank Halai Fullback(s) Charles Piutau Willie le Roux Santiago Cordero Coach Steve Hansen Barbarians– Barbarians Summer tour 2013 squad (vs British and Irish Lions, England) Hooker(s) Schalk Brits Leonardo Ghiraldini Matthew Rees Prop(s) BJ Botha * Martin Castrogiovanni Paul James James Johnston Duncan Jones Andrea Lo Cicero Lock(s) Jim Hamilton Samu Manoa Dean Mumm Marco Wentzel Flanker(s) Sam Jones Francois Louw * Jonathan Poff Alessandro Zanni Number 8(s) Sergio Parisse (c) Imanol Harinordoquy Scrum half(s) Kahn Fotuali'i Dwayne Peel Dimitri Yachvili Fly half(s) Nick Evans James Hook Centre(s) Elliot Daly Jaque Fourie * Casey Laulala Mike Tindall (c) Winger(s) Timoci Nagusa Takudzwa Ngwenya Joe Rokocoko Rowan Varty Fullback(s) Jared Payne Coach Dai Young Barbarians– Barbarians Summer tour 2012 squad (vs England, Ireland, Wales) Hooker(s) Benoît August Aled de Malmanche John Smit (c) Prop(s) John Afoa Duncan Jones Neemia Tialata Lock(s) Mark Chisholm Mick O'Driscoll (c) Pelu Taele Jérôme Thion * Anton van Zyl Corniel van Zyl * Flanker(s) Mamuka Gorgodze Ernst Joubert Akapusi Qera Francois Louw Number 8(s) Johnnie Beattie Raphaël Lakafia Scrum half(s) Jérôme Fillol Rory Lawson Richie Rees Fly half(s) Felipe Contepomi Stephen Donald Centre(s) Casey Laulala Mike Tindall Damien Traille Winger(s) Iain Balshaw Isa Nacewa Paul Sackey Sailosi Tagicakibau Shane Williams Fullback(s) Cédric Heymans Mils Muliaina Coach John Kirwan Barbarians– Barbarians Autumn tour 2011 squad (vs Australia) Hooker(s) Keven Mealamu Adriaan Strauss Prop(s) Eusebio Guiñazú Sylvain Marconnet Salvatore Perugini Lock(s) Simon Shaw Victor Matfield (c) Marco Bortolami Flanker(s) Jerome Kaino Mauro Bergamasco Jason White Number 8(s) Adam Thomson Scrum half(s) Nemia Kenatale Peter Stringer Fly half(s) Danny Cipriani Centre(s) Robbie Fruean Stirling Mortlock Seru Rabeni Winger(s) Bryan Habana Richard Kahui Fullback(s) Sam Tomkins Isaia Toeava Coach Graham Henry Barbarians– Barbarians Summer tour 2011 squad (vs England, Wales) Hooker(s) Sébastien Bruno Leonardo Ghiraldini Prop(s) Carl Hayman Davit Kubriashvili Salvatore Perugini Iestyn Thomas Lock(s) Quintin Geldenhuys Erik Lund Joe Tekori Paul Tito Flanker(s) George Smith Joe van Niekerk Martyn Williams Number 8(s) Sergio Parisse (c) Scrum half(s) Ruan Pienaar Sébastien Tillous-Borde Lloyd Williams Fly half(s) Brock James Frédéric Michalak Centre(s) Benoît Baby Mathieu Bastareaud Willie Mason Seru Rabeni Winger(s) Doug Howlett Paul Sackey Tim Visser Fullback(s) Nicolas Jeanjean Isa Nacewa Coach Dai Young Barbarians– Barbarians Autumn tour 2010 squad (vs South Africa) Hooker(s) Keven Mealamu Stephen Moore Prop(s) John Hayes * Salvatore Perugini Neemia Tialata John Yapp Lock(s) Tom Donnelly * Quintin Geldenhuys Chris Jack Anton van Zyl Flanker(s) Daniel Braid Rodney So'oialo Martyn Williams Number 8(s) Colin Bourke Scrum half(s) Andy Ellis Will Genia Fly half(s) Stephen Donald Matt Giteau (c) François Trinh-Duc * Centre(s) Adam Ashley-Cooper Ma'a Nonu Seru Rabeni Winger(s) Drew Mitchell Joe Rokocoko Fullback(s) James O'Connor Coach Nick Mallett Barbarians– Barbarians Summer tour 2010 squad (vs England, Ireland) Hooker(s) Benoît August Schalk Brits Sébastien Bruno * Ken Owens Prop(s) David Barnes Carl Hayman * Census Johnston Jannie du Plessis * Rodrigo Roncero Julian White Lock(s) Ben Kay Malcolm O'Kelly Ross Skeate Jérôme Thion Flanker(s) Jerry Collins * Alan Quinlan George Smith Martyn Williams Number 8(s) Xavier Rush (c) Rodney So'oialo Scrum half(s) Byron Kelleher Pierre Mignoni Fly half(s) Danny Cipriani * Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Brock James Centre(s) Fabrice Estebanez Florian Fritz Casey Laulala Seru Rabeni Jean de Villiers * Winger(s) Doug Howlett * Napolioni Nalaga * Paul Sackey David Smith Fullback(s) Cédric Heymans Paul Warwick Coach Philippe Saint-André Barbarians– Barbarians Autumn tour 2009 squad (vs New Zealand) Hooker(s) Stephen Moore Bismarck du Plessis Prop(s) Tendai Mtawarira WP Nel Salvatore Perugini Lock(s) Bakkies Botha * Carlo Del Fava Quintin Geldenhuys Victor Matfield (c) Danie Rossouw * Flanker(s) Schalk Burger Rocky Elsom George Smith Number 8(s) Andy Powell Scrum half(s) Will Genia Mike Phillips * Fourie du Preez Fly half(s) Matt Giteau Juan Martín Hernández * Morné Steyn Centre(s) Jaque Fourie Stirling Mortlock * Jamie Roberts Winger(s) Bryan Habana Drew Mitchell Joe Rokocoko Fullback(s) Leigh Halfpenny Coach Nick Mallett

Notable players

The 16 players chosen by the Barbarians official website as the outstanding players to represent the club.^[27]

Original members of the Barbarians, 1890–1891

• England international, Scotland international, Wales international, British Isles international
• Oxon. – Oxford University player, Cantab. – Cambridge University player

See also

• Barbarian Rugby Club French Barbarians
• Brussels Barbarians
• New Zealand Barbarians
• South African Barbarians

Bibliography

• Starmer-Smith, Nigel (1977). The Barbarians. Macdonald & Jane's Publishers. ISBN 0-86007-552-4. 

References

External links

• Official site
• Barbarians history from the BBC
• Barbarians history from scrum.com
• Barbarians International Matches
• Barbarians rugby union news from Planet Rugby