Wales V Barbarians, 04 June 2011

[Mule]

Any predictions? I think Wales are in for a shoeing today.
Barbarians by 15.

[BourkeofDublin]

Dougie is playing right?

[The Word Is Born]

Larry's boyfriend up against those midfield midgets Bastareud and Rabeni.

[Patman]

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Curious to see how Gelboy Henson plays.

[Mule]

Barbarians Squad:
15 Isa Nacewa (Leinster & Fiji)
14 Paul Sackey (Toulon & England)
13 Seru Rabeni (La Rochelle & Fiji)
12 Mathieu Bastareaud (Stade Francais & France)
11 Doug Howlett (Munster & New Zealand)
10 Brock James (Clermont Auvergne)
9 Sebastien Tillous-Borde (Castres Olympique & France)
1 Iestyn Thomas (Scarlets & Wales)
2 Sebastien Bruno (Toulon & France)
3 Carl Hayman (Toulon & New Zealand)
4 Iosefa Tekori (Castres Olympique & Samoa)
5 Paul Tito (Cardiff Blues)
6 Joe van Niekerk (Toulon & South Africa)
7 Martyn Williams (Cardiff Blues & Wales)
8 Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais & Italy), captain
16 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Benetton Treviso & Italy)
17 Davit Kubriashvili (Toulon & Georgia)
18 Erik Lund (Biarritz & Norway)
19 George Smith (Toulon & Australia)
20 Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues)
21 Willie Mason (Toulon)
22 Benoit Baby (Clermont Auvergne)

Wales Squad:

15-Morgan Stoddart
14-George North
13-Jonathan Davies
12-Gavin Henson
11-Aled Brew
10-Stephen Jones
9-Mike Phillips
1-Ryan Bevington
2-Huw Bennett
3-Paul James
4-Ryan Jones
5-Luke Charteris
6-Dan Lydiate
7-Sam Warburton(captain)
8-Toby Faletau
16-Lloyd Burns
17-Scott Andrews
18-Alun Wyn Jones
19-Josh Turnbull
20-Tavis Knoyle
21-Rhys Priestland
22-Scott Williams.

Referee: Alain Rolland

[Mule]

Forward pass to Brew. Baabaas scrum in Wales 22.

[Mule]

Jesus the Wales scrum is cat.

[Mule]

Serious pressure on Wales for the first 5.

[Cheap Shots]

Is it on TV or any link?

[The Word Is Born]

Huge forward pass from Chav for the first try. Rolland never called it.smileys/sad.gif

[The Word Is Born]

It's on BBC2W

[Mule]

Try Wales from a blatant forward pass.

[Mule]

Is it on TV or any link?

http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/34894/1/wales-vs.-
barbarians.html

[Mule]

Unlucky for Dougie. Bad bounce.

[The Word Is Born]

Looks like the Brock James from the Leinster game.

[Cathal]

2 Welsh players go flying off their feet and then a BaaBaa goes in the side and its a Welsh penalty.

Some try by the BaaBaas there.

[Mule]

Try Baabaas. Great stuff.

[Mule]

f**king Brock James. The Liam Miller of the Rugby world.

[Mule]

Try for Nacewa. Baabaas are opening them up now.

[Mule]

Try for Wales by Stoddart. Terrible hands by Baabaas.

[Duffman]

Stoddart try

[Duffman]

Thats one for Rugbydump, neatly doneby Haymansmileys/lol.gif

[mon the biff]

parisse try

[Mule]

Try to Barbarians and Parisse. 17-12

[mon the biff]

Would love to see Parisse playing in the magners league at
Aironi or Treviso next year, great player.

[BourkeofDublin]

It's pretty hard to watch tbh.

[munstermania]

who is showing it, not on the BBC?

[MunsterTel]

who is showing it, not on the BBC?


BBC red button

[Mule]

Nice tackle on Henson.

[Mule]

Yellow for Brew for a ridiculous high tackle.

[RichardP]

U-13 skill levels and 3rd XV on a wet Friday night enthusiasm. s**te rugby

[REBEL IN EXILE]

Has Willie Mason come on yet for the Baa-baas?
Interested to see how he gets on after his short stay at Hull KR and with this being his first game in union.

[Mule]

U-13 skill levels and 3rd XV on a wet
Friday night enthusiasm. s**te rugby



On the strength of today, Wales will struggle to come out of
their group.

[RichardP]

Fully agree

[RichardP]

My god that was laborious

[Mule]

Try for Wales and Phillips the Cheater.

[RichardP]

Wales would lose to Connacht on this form

[Mule]

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You can see the brown streak on the back of Phillips pants
after he realized who he was talking s**t to.

[RichardP]

Henson's departure should be his final farewell to Wales

[Mule]

Henson's departure should be his final
farewell to Wales*



Yeah, he's done himself no favours today.

[ustix]

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You can see the brown streak on the back of Phillips pants
after he realized who he was talking s**t to.
Who pray tell was he talking s**t to?

[Mule]

smileys/lol.gif smileys/lol.gif smileys/lol.gif

You can see the brown streak on the back of Phillips pants
after he realized who he was talking s**t to.
Who pray tell was he talking s**t to?

Erik Lund.

[Cathal]

Erik. Looks like a Viking.

[RichardP]

Wales are bereft of ideas, imagination or initiative. Their teamwork looks like pieces of machinery mended with binder twine

[ustix]

Erik. Looks like a Viking.

Sound, descriptive language appreciated by those without
eyes to see.

[Mule]

Great play from Willie Mason. Try for Bastereaud.

[REBEL IN EXILE]

Great play from Willie Mason. Try for Bastereaud.





The offload was typical of his play in league - he is a man people love to hate and his disipline is questionable at best but he is a great player.

[Mule]

Parisse MOTM. Well deserved.

[Cathal]

Lol.

[banjaxed]

Super try

[Mule]

TRY NACEWA IN THE LAST MINUTE!! 28-29 with conversion to
come.

[RichardP]

Thanks for the link NoSweat. Terrible performance by Wales but the scoreline suggests Welsh hacks will call it a wonderful match.

[Mule]

31-28 to Barbarians. Game over.

[Mule]

Thanks for the link NoSweat. Terrible
performance by Wales but the scoreline suggests Welsh hacks
will call it a wonderful match.



Very welcome. Sad to see the Barbarians being dragged down
by a turgid and lacklustre performance by Wales.

[the plastic paddy]

Would love to see Parisse playing in the magners league at
Aironi or Treviso next year, great player.+1

[the plastic paddy]

Great play from Willie Mason. Try for Bastereaud.



The offload was typical of his play in league - he is a man people love to hate and his disipline is questionable at best but he is a great player.
Should a thread be started?

[Mule]

http://www.youtube.com/v/B7FKetL_ONg

[ustix]

http://www.youtube.com/v/B7FKetL_ONg
It appears Gav ain't at the races

[REBEL IN EXILE]

Great play from Willie Mason. Try for Bastereaud.



The offload was typical of his play in league - he is a man people love to hate and his disipline is questionable at best but he is a great player.
Should a thread be started?

Why?

Nice tackle on Henson.

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[Seagull]

http://www.youtube.com/v/B7FKetL_ONg

To be fair to him, a hospital pass for the tackle which was high with not real attempt to use the arms. He did well to put the ball back. His kick through would have been better if the Welsh player it was through hadn't been illegally held back as well. His tackling was more shoddy - but that's gametime as much as anything and playing a defensive system he's probably not up to speed with.

Obviously I deludedly think he's still a good player.

[Blindsider.]

Hard to know what to make of this really. A Wales 'B' team (10 changes, from 6N, James Hook's wedding on yesterday.)

Still, they leaked 4 tries to a scratch side and their scrum was woegious.

Henson was poor - look at the clip on rugbydump:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7FKetL_ONg&feature=playe r_embedded


Wales always seem to have so much politics and sh*te going on in the background - a la Gatland b***hing over Ospreys during the week.

It's hard to see how they can peak at RWC time when they're more worried about fake tan and hair gel. All this and several big players are off the France - hmmmm!

[Oscar the Grouch]

smileys/lol.gifCurious to see how Gelboy Henson plays.

Made bastereaud look good
nuff said

[Cowboy]

Hard to know what to make of this really. A Wales 'B' team
(10 changes, from 6N, James Hook's wedding on
yesterday.)Still, they leaked 4 tries to a scratch side and
their scrum was woegious.Henson was poor - look at the
clip on rugbydump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=B7FKetL_ONg&feature=playe r_embeddedWales always
seem to have so much politics and sh*te going on in the
background - a la Gatland b***hing over Ospreys during
the week.It's hard to see how they can peak at RWC time
when they're more worried about fake tan and hair gel. All
this and several big players are off the France - hmmmm!





Very tough time for them, they're in disarray and have
been for some time now. Aligned to the fact that they're
literally in the pool of monsters and Wales aren't huge
physically and it could be a long season for them. I didnt
see the game but is it safe to assume Hensons goose is
cooked for the National team?

[Waterfordlad]

I'd say so (regarding Henson).





Enjoyed the game and good to see Dougie and Isa playing together. Good job Doug cut the hair or it would have been very confusing