2005 Barbarians end of season tour

The 2005 Barbarians rugby union tour was a series of matches played in May 2005 in by Barbarians F.C.

2005 Barbarians end of season tour
Summary
P W D L
Total
02 01 00 01
Test match
02 01 00 01
Opponent
P W D L
 Scotland XV
1 0 0 1
 England XV
1 1 0 0

Results edit

In the first match, Scotland won easily despite missing the players involved in the Lions tour to New Zealand.[1][2]

24 May 2005
Scotland XV  38–7Barbarians
Try: Henderson
Hall
S. Lamont
Jacobsen
Southwell
Con: Paterson (5)
Pen: Paterson
Try: Lo Cicero
Con: Humphreys
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Scotland: Chris Paterson; Rory Lamont, Mark Di Rollo, A. Henderson, Sean Lamont; G. Ross, Mike Blair; Allan Jacobsen, S. Lawson, B. Douglas, S. Grimes, S. Murray, K. Brown, A. Hogg, J. Petrie (c) – Replacements: D. Hall, E. Murray, C. Hamilton, A. Wilson, G. Beveridge, Dan Parks, Hugo Southwell.

Barbarians: G.Dempsey (Ireland); Brian Lima (Samoa), Matt Burke (Australia), Kevin Maggs (Ireland), Sereli Bobo (Fiji); David Humphreys (c; Ireland), Bryan Redpath; Andrea Lo Cicero, F. Sheahan (Ireland), D. Morris (Wales), Gary Longwell (Ireland), AJ Venter (South Africa), O. Finegan (Australia), Semo Sititi (Samoa), E. Miller (Ireland) -Replacements: Raphaël Ibañez (France), C. Visagie (South Africa), S. Boome (South Africa), J. O'Connor (Ireland), M. Robinson (New Zealand), Thomas Castaignède (France), Kenny Logan (Scotland).

Against Ireland (also without the better players involved in the Lions tour, Barbarians obtain an easy win)[3][4]

28 May 2005
England XV  39–52Barbarians
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Stuart Dickson (Australia)

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ "Scotland ease to Barbarians win". rbs6nations.com. 24 May 2005. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2003.
  2. ^ "Scotland 38–7 Barbarians". bbb.co,uk. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 5 July 2003.
  3. ^ * "Barbarians crush weak England team". cnn.com. 28 May 2005. Retrieved 5 July 2003.
  4. ^ "Rugby union: England fall to Barbarians". the observer. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 5 July 2003.