Barbarian F.C.

Barbarians

Nickname(s)

Baa-Baas

Coach(es)

Alan Jones
(October 2017)
Robbie Deans
(November 2017)

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, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the Baa-Baas, is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain. The Barbarians play in black and white hoops, though players wear the socks from their own club strip.

Membership is by invitation and the only qualifications considered when issuing an invitation are the standard of a player's skills and his behaviour both on and off the field. As of 2011, players from 31 countries had played for the Barbarians.^[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 game with Leicester traditionally on 27 December 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 Barbarians, in particular the Barbarian Rugby Club, known as the French Barbarians, and others. See 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

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 included 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 Penarth RFC. 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 South Africa 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.

'The greatest try ever scored'

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, and the Barbarians won the match 23–11, handing the All Blacks their fourth defeat of the tour. Gareth Edwards scored a try widely considered to be one of the best ever in rugby union.

Cliff Morgan described Gareth Edwards' try:

“

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:

“

People tend only to remember the first four minutes of the game because of the try, but what they forgot is the great deal of good rugby played afterwards, much of which came from the All Blacks.

For us after the success of the 1971 Lions tour, which captured the imagination of the whole country, it was an opportunity to bring a lot of that side together again.

”

Scorers:

Barbarians: Tries: Gareth Edwards, Fergus Slattery, John Bevan, J. P. R. Williams; Conversions: Phil Bennett (2); Penalty: Phil Bennett

All Blacks: Tries: Grant Batty (2); Penalty: Joseph Karam

Past presidents

The office was first instituted in 1913:

W.P. Carpmael, held office 1913–1936; the founder of the Barbarians
Emile de Lissa, 1936–1955; associated as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President and President from 1901–1955
Jack "Haigho" Smith, 1955; his 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, 1955–1973
Herbert Waddell, 1973–1988
Micky Steele-Bodger, 1988 to date

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:

27 December 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 (Holy 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.^[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 teams

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 Greyhound Stadium	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 Greyhound Stadium	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	York Stadium	Toronto	Tour Match
British 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	London	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	Police grounds	Harare	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	London	Tour Match
Australia	35	49	Lost	28 November 2001	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Final Challenge
England	29	53	Lost	May 2002	Twickenham	London	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	London	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	London	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	London	Tour Match
England	19	46	Lost	28 May 2006	Twickenham	London	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	33	26	Won	3 May 2009	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Australia	7	55	Lost	6 June 2009	Sydney Football Stadium	Sydney	Tour Match ^[23]
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 ^[24]
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
South Africa	31	31	Draw	5 November 2016	Wembley Stadium	London	Tour Match
Czech Republic	71	0	Won	8 November 2016	Markéta Stadium	Prague	Tour Match Celebration of 90th anniversary of the Czech Rugby Union
Fiji	40	7	Won	11 November 2016	Kingspan Stadium	Belfast	Tour Match
England	14	28	Lost	28 May 2017	Twickenham	London	Tour Match Old Mutual Wealth Cup
Australia				28 October 2017	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	Tour Match
New Zealand				4 November 2017	Twickenham	London	Tour Match
Tonga				10 November 2017	Thomond Park	Limerick	Tour Match

Overall

As of 5 November 2016

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%
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	100.00%
East Africa	1	1	0	0	100.00%
England	15	7	8	0	46.67%
Fiji	3	2	1	0	66.67%
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	8	4	3	1	50.00%
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	94	50	40	4	53.19%

Squad for Summer 2017 matches

Barbarians squad to play England (28 May) and Ulster (1 June).^[25]

Note: Italics denotes an 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
Brits, SchalkSchalk Brits	Hooker	(1981-05-16) 16 May 1981	Saracens	South Africa
Flynn, CoreyCorey Flynn	Hooker	(1981-01-05) 5 January 1981	Glasgow Warriors	New Zealand
Hibbard, RichardRichard Hibbard	Hooker	(1983-12-13) 13 December 1983	Gloucester	Wales
Franks, BenBen Franks	Prop	(1984-03-27) 27 March 1984	London Irish	New Zealand
Johnston, CensusCensus Johnston	Prop	(1981-05-06) 6 May 1981	Toulouse	Samoa
King, ChrisChris King	Prop	(1981-04-30) 30 April 1981	Pau	New Zealand
Nariashvili, MikheilMikheil Nariashvili	Prop	(1990-05-25) 25 May 1990	Montpellier	Georgia
Nel, WPWP Nel	Prop	(1986-04-30) 30 April 1986	Edinburgh	Scotland
Pelo, VincentVincent Pelo	Prop	(1988-04-22) 22 April 1988	La Rochelle	France
Ross, MikeMike Ross	Prop	(1979-12-21) 21 December 1979	Leinster	Ireland
Albacete, PatricioPatricio Albacete	Lock	(1981-02-09) 9 February 1981	Toulouse	Argentina
Hines, NathanNathan Hines	Lock	(1976-11-29) 29 November 1976	Unattached (Retired)	Scotland
Tekori, JoeJoe Tekori	Lock	(1983-12-17) 17 December 1983	Toulouse	Samoa
Thrush, JeremyJeremy Thrush	Lock	(1985-04-19) 19 April 1985	Gloucester	New Zealand
Willemse, PaulPaul Willemse	Lock	(1992-11-13) 13 November 1992	Montpellier	South Africa
Armitage, SteffonSteffon Armitage	Flanker	(1985-09-20) 20 September 1985	Pau	England
Dusautoir, ThierryThierry Dusautoir (c)	Flanker	(1981-11-18) 18 November 1981	Toulouse	France
Isa, FacundoFacundo Isa	Flanker	(1993-09-21) 21 September 1993	Lyon	Argentina
Masoe, ChrisChris Masoe	Flanker	(1979-05-15) 15 May 1979	Racing 92	New Zealand
Galan, GillianGillian Galan	Number 8	(1991-08-07) 7 August 1991	Toulouse	France
Vito, VictorVictor Vito	Number 8	(1987-03-27) 27 March 1987	La Rochelle	New Zealand
Genia, WillWill Genia	Scrum-half	(1988-01-17) 17 January 1988	Stade Français	Australia
Fotuali'i, KahnKahn Fotuali'i	Scrum-half	(1982-05-22) 22 May 1982	Bath	Samoa
Kockott, RoryRory Kockott	Scrum-half	(1986-06-25) 25 June 1986	Castres Olympique	France
Pienaar, RuanRuan Pienaar	Scrum-half	(1984-03-10) 10 March 1984	Ulster	South Africa
James, BrockBrock James	Fly-half	(1981-10-22) 22 October 1981	La Rochelle	Australia
Madigan, IanIan Madigan	Fly-half	(1989-03-21) 21 March 1989	Bordeaux Bègles	Ireland
Steyn, FrançoisFrançois Steyn	Fly-half	(1987-05-14) 14 May 1987	Montpellier	South Africa
Aki, BundeeBundee Aki	Centre	(1990-04-07) 7 April 1990	Connacht	New Zealand
Ashley-Cooper, AdamAdam Ashley-Cooper	Centre	(1984-03-27) 27 March 1984	Bordeaux Bègles	Australia
David, YannYann David	Centre	(1988-04-15) 15 April 1988	Toulouse	France
Fruean, RobbieRobbie Fruean	Centre	(1988-07-13) 13 July 1988	Bath	New Zealand
Agulla, HoracioHoracio Agulla	Wing	(1984-10-22) 22 October 1984	Castres Olympique	Argentina
Nagusa, TimociTimoci Nagusa	Wing	(1987-07-14) 14 July 1987	Montpellier	Fiji
Nayacalevu, WaiseaWaisea Nayacalevu	Wing	(1990-06-26) 26 June 1990	Stade Français	Fiji
Smith, DavidDavid Smith	Wing	(1986-10-12) 12 October 1986	Castres Olympique	Samoa
Buttin, Jean-MarcellinJean-Marcellin Buttin	Fullback	(1991-12-16) 16 December 1991	Bordeaux Bègles	France
Goode, AlexAlex Goode	Fullback	(1988-05-07) 7 May 1988	Saracens	England
Médard, MaximeMaxime Médard	Fullback	(1986-11-16) 16 November 1986	Toulouse	France
Piutau, CharlesCharles Piutau	Fullback	(1991-10-31) 31 October 1991	Ulster	New Zealand

Head Coach – Vern Cotter

On 28 May the Barbarians lost to England 28-14 at Twickenham.^[26]

On 1 June the Barbarians won 43-28 against Ulster at the Kingspan stadium.^[27]

On 23rd June 2017 it was announced that Robbie Deans would coach the Barbarians in their match against New Zealand at Twickenham on November 4th 2017^[28].

Previous squads

Barbarians– Barbarians Autumn tour 2016 squad (vs Czech Republic, Fiji, South Africa)
Hooker(s)	Andrew Ready Akker van der Merwe
Prop(s)	Ben Franks Reggie Goodes Paddy Ryan Toby Smith Schalk van der Merwe
Lock(s)	Sam Carter Michael Fatialofa Martin Muller Dan Tuohy (c) Will Skelton *
Flanker(s)	Ruan Ackermann Brad Shields Kwagga Smith Jordan Taufua
Number 8(s)	Luke Whitelock Wycliff Palu *
Scrum half(s)	Andrew Ellis (c) Ruan Pienaar Nic Stirzaker
Fly half(s)	Robert du Preez Richie Mo'unga
Centre(s)	Richard Buckman Matt Faddes Seta Tamanivalu
Winger(s)	Tommy Bowe Luke Morahan Taqele Naiyaravoro
Fullback(s)	Melani Nanai Clayton Blommetjies
Coach	Robbie Deans

Barbarians– Barbarians Autumn tour 2015 squad (vs Argentina, Gloucester)
Hooker(s)	James Hanson Stephen Moore
Prop(s)	Thomas du Toit Charlie Faumuina Greg Holmes * Jamie Mackintosh Tendai Mtawarira * Toby Smith
Lock(s)	Bakkies Botha Lood de Jager Victor Matfield (c)
Flanker(s)	Scott Fardy Stephen Hoiles Michael Hooper * Ardie Savea
Number 8(s)	Jarrad Butler Warren Whiteley *
Scrum half(s)	Tawera Kerr-Barlow Cobus Reinach
Fly half(s)	Patrick Lambie Lima Sopoaga
Centre(s)	Ryan Crotty Jean de Villiers * Tevita Kuridrani Francois Venter
Winger(s)	Nemani Nadolo Waisake Naholo Joe Tomane
Fullback(s)	Nehe Milner-Skudder
Coach	Michael Cheika

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

Barbarians– Barbarians Autumn tour 2008 squad (vs Australia)
Hooker(s)	Mark Regan John Smit (c)
Prop(s)	Rodney Blake Patrice Collazo * Carl Hayman * Census Johnston
Lock(s)	Steve Borthwick * Bakkies Botha Chris Jack Johann Muller
Flanker(s)	Jerry Collins Nick Köster Richie McCaw
Number 8(s)	Schalk Burger
Scrum half(s)	Fourie du Preez George Gregan
Fly half(s)	François Steyn François Trinh-Duc *
Centre(s)	Jean de Villiers Rico Gear Ollie Smith
Winger(s)	Bryan Habana Joe Rokocoko Shane Williams
Fullback(s)	Percy Montgomery
Coach	Eddie Jones Jake White

Bibliography

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

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