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Revision as of 11:22, 6 July 2009
Nickname(s) | Baa-Baa Black sheep | |
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Most appearances | (Ireland) Tony O'Reilly (30) | |
Top scorer | (Ireland) Tony O'Reilly (38 tries) | |
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First match | ||
Hartlepool Rovers 4 - 9 Barbarians (27 December, 1890) | ||
Largest win | ||
Scotland 31 - 74 Barbarians (24 May, 2001) | ||
Largest defeat | ||
Australien 55 - 7 Barbarians (06 June, 2009) |
The Barbarian Football Club, typically referred to as Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union 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 qualifications considered when issuing an invitation are that the player's rugby is of a high enough standard and secondly that he should behave himself on and off the field. Being asked to become a Barbarian is an honour and not one restricted to British players. Traditionally one uncapped player is selected for each match.
History
The club was inspired by one man, William Percy Carpmael. He loved the culture behind rugby tours and came up with the idea of regular short tours. 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 scheme – collecting a touring side from all sources to tackle a few leading clubs in the land – instantly received support from the best. On 9 April 1890 in Leuchters Restaurant at the Alexandra hotel in Bradford, the concept of the Barbarians was agreed upon. They 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 an original member):
- 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, Penarth in South Wales, where the Barbarians always stayed on their Easter tours of Wales. The annual Good Friday games against the Barbarians was the highlight of the Penarth club's year and were 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, in Penarth, while the former Esplanade Hotel, that 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, 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 Barbarians abroad
After the Second World War in 1948 the Barbarians were asked by the Home 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 January 27 1973 is celebrated as one of the best games of rugby football ever played. It was a game of attack and counter attack with rugby the winner.
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!!
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."
The Barbarians won the match 23 - 11 (27 - 13 in today's scoring system), handing the All Blacks their only 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 clubs history they have settled for a time into a regular pattern. Some of these regular matches have fallen by the wayside, whilst others continue to the present day:
- Boxing Day fixture against Leicester Tigers - this began in 1909 as the third and final match of the Christmas Tour, and is now the only surviving game of that tradition.
- The Edgar Mobbs Memorial Match - held for Edgar Mobbs, who was killed in The First World War, at Franklins Gardens against either Northampton Saints, Bedford Blues or The East Midlands select XV. This first took place on 10 February 1921 traditionally takes place on the first Thursday in March.
- 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 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 December 3 2008 when the Barbarians played Australia at Wembley stadium, the first rugby union match to be played there since its redevelopment.
They typically compete against teams from the home nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland) as well as international sides.
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.[1] In a slight change to the usual tradition of the Barbarians players wearing their own club socks, in this game, they all wore the black and amber socks of Cornwall. Australia went on to win 18 points to 11.
Matches against International sides
Opposing Teams | For | Against | Date | Venue | City | Competition |
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Wales | 26 | 10 | 17/04/1915 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Tour Match To raise 'patriotic funds' |
Australien | 9 | 6 | 31/01/1948 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Südafrika | 3 | 17 | 26/01/1952 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Neuseeland | 5 | 19 | 20/02/1954 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Australien | 11 | 6 | 22/02/1958 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
East Africa | 52 | 12 | 28/05/1958 | Nairobi | Tour Match | |
Südafrika | 6 | 0 | 04/02/1961 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Kanada | 3 | 3 | 17/11/1962 | Gosforth | Tour Match | |
Neuseeland | 3 | 36 | 15/02/1964 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Australien | 11 | 17 | 28/01/1967 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Neuseeland | 6 | 11 | 16/12/1967 | Twickenham | London | Final Challenge |
Rhodesia | 24 | 21 | 26/05/1969 | Tour Match | ||
Südafrika | 12 | 21 | 31/01/1970 | Twickenham | London | Tour Match |
Scotland | 17 | 33 | 09/05/1970 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match In aid of 1970 British Commonwealth Games |
Fidschi | 9 | 29 | 24/10/1970 | Gosforth | Final Challenge | |
Neuseeland | 23 | 11 | 23/01/1973 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Neuseeland | 13 | 13 | 30/11/1974 | Twickenham | London | Final Challenge |
Australien | 19 | 7 | 24/01/1976 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Kanada | 29 | 4 | 12/06/1976 | Toronto | Tour Match | |
British and Irish Lions | 14 | 23 | 10/09/1977 | Twickenham | London | Silver Jubilee Match |
Neuseeland | 16 | 18 | 16/12/1978 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Scotland | 26 | 13 | 1983 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match |
Australien | 30 | 37 | 15/12/1984 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Italien | 23 | 15 | 26/05/1985 | Tour Match | ||
Australien | 22 | 40 | 26/11/1988 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Neuseeland | 10 | 21 | 25/11/1989 | Twickenham | London | Final Challenge |
England | 16 | 18 | 29/09/1990 | Twickenham | Tour Match Centenary celebrations | |
Wales | 31 | 24 | 06/10/1990 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Tour Match Centenary celebrations |
Argentinien | 34 | 22 | 17/11/1990 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Scotland | 16 | 16 | 07/09/1991 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match |
Russland | 23 | 27 | 06/06/1992 | Tour Match | ||
Australien | 20 | 30 | 28/11/1992 | Twickenham | London | Final Challenge |
Neuseeland | 12 | 25 | 04/12/1993 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Simbabwe | 21 | 23 | 04/06/1994 | Tour Match | ||
Südafrika | 23 | 15 | 03/12/1994 | Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Final Challenge |
Irland | 70 | 38 | 1996 | Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Tour Match Peace International |
Scotland | 45 | 48 | 17/08/1996 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match Dunblane Disaster Fund Match |
Wales | 31 | 10 | 24/08/1996 | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Tour Match |
Australien | 12 | 39 | 07/12/1996 | Twickenham | London | Final Challenge |
Irland | 31 | 30 | 05/2000 | Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Tour Match |
Scotland | 45 | 42 | 31/05/2000 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match |
Deutschland | 47 | 19 | 12/08/2000 | Tour Match | ||
Südafrika | 31 | 41 | 31/05/2000 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
Wales | 40 | 38 | 20/05/2001 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff | Tour Match |
Scotland | 74 | 31 | 24/05/2001 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match |
England | 43 | 29 | 27/05/2001 | Twickenham | Tour Match | |
Australien | 35 | 49 | 28/11/2001 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff | Final Challenge |
England | 29 | 53 | 05/2002 | Twickenham | Tour Match | |
Wales | 40 | 25 | 05/2002 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff | Tour Match |
Scotland | 47 | 27 | 06/2002 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match |
England | 49 | 36 | 05/2003 | Twickenham | Tour Match | |
Scotland | 24 | 15 | 05/2003 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match |
Wales | 48 | 35 | 05/2003 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff | Tour Match |
Scotland | 40 | 33 | 22/05/2004 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match |
Wales | 0 | 42 | 27/05/2004 | Millennium Stadium | Cardiff | Tour Match |
England | 32 | 12 | 30/05/2004 | Twickenham | Tour Match | |
Portugal | 66 | 34 | 10/06/2004 | Universitário Lisboa | Lisbon | Tour Match |
Neuseeland | 19 | 47 | 04/12/2004 | Twickenham | London | Final Challenge |
Scotland | 9 | 38 | 24/05/2005 | Pittodrie | Aberdeen | Tour Match |
England | 52 | 39 | 28/05/2005 | Twickenham | Tour Match | |
England | 19 | 46 | 28/05/2006 | Twickenham | Tour Match | |
Scotland | 19 | 66 | 31/05/2006 | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Tour Match |
Georgien | 28 | 19 | 04/06/2006 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | Tbilisi | Tour Match |
Tunesien | 33 | 10 | 19/05/2007 | El Menzah Stadium | Tunis | Tour Match |
Spanien | 52 | 26 | 23/06/2007 | Martínez Valero | Elche | Tour Match |
Südafrika | 22 | 5 | 01/12/2007 | Twickenham | London | Final Challenge |
Belgien | 84 | 10 | 24/05/2008 | Stade Roi Baudouin (training ground for The British school of Brussels) | Brussels | Tour Match |
Irland | 14 | 39 | 27/05/2008 | Kingsholm | Gloucester | Tour Match |
England | 14 | 17 | 01/06/2008 | Twickenham | London | Tour Match |
Australien | 11 | 18 | 03/12/2008 | Wembley Stadium | London | Final Challenge / Cornwall Cup |
England | 33 | 26 | 30/05/2009 | Twickenham | London | Tour Match [2] |
Australien | 7 | 55 | 06/06/2009 | Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney | Tour Match [3] |
Current Squad (for the 2009 summer tour)
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Coaching Staff
Notable players
Template:Famous players (As found on Barbarians Official Website- http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/roll_of_honour.cfm )
- Bill Beaumont
- Phil Bennett
- Zinzan Brooke
- Matt Burke
- David Campese
- Gerald Davies
- David Duckham
- Gareth Edwards
- Mike Gibson
- Jeremy Guscott
- Jason Leonard
- Jonah Lomu
- Michael Lynagh
- Justin Marshall
- Francois Pienaar
- Philippe Sella
- Fergus Slattery
- Tony O'Reilly
- Sireli Bobo
- Lote Tuqiri
- Bryan Habana
- Joe Rokocoko
See also
References
- ^ "Australia approached to mark Cornwall v Australia centenary match". Sportinglife.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | English | England omit Cipriani from squad". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ "The Barbarians - News". Barbarianfc.co.uk. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2009-05-21.