England vs Barbarians Exciting International Rugby Live Online

England vs Barbarians International Rugby Match


Date: Sunday, May 30
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 17.00 (16.00 GMT)
Referee: Jérôme Garces
Assistant referees: Romain Poite, Pascal Gauzere
TMO: Bob Ockenden, David Matthews

England vs Barbarians: Welcome to enjoy once again your favorite Rugby war. For both teams it's a wonderful win win situation. But all we know fortune always favours the brave. The challenging question is who will laugh in the long run? England or Barbarians? Well, dear rugby lovers it's totally up to you to discover!

England take on the world famous Barbarians for this traditional end-of-season MasterCard Trophy clash at Twickenham. After their largely tepid performances during the Six Nations campaign, this will be England's last home game ahead of their summer tour programme. As with recent encounters between the two star-studded sides, it's an open game which promises much quality at the home of rugby. Last year, England side were put out to pasture by the dash and panache of the Baa Baas, who emerged 33-26 victors after leading 33-5 after the first 50 minutes. Tellingly, the Barbarians' starting line up contained an astonishing 632 international caps to England's meagre 224. Given the media speculation surrounding Martin Johnson's future at the helm of stuttering England, it's no certainty that Johnno will still be in charge come May. But one thing's for sure: this should be an open-ended game of rugby played in the best spirit of the game.

Talking tactics: While the Barbarians will be expected to attack from all corners of the pitch, it will be interesting to see how England approach the game following the new interpretation at the breakdown which favours the attacking team. England had already adopted a less restricted game plan in their final game of the Six Nations in the narrow defeat to France and the return of fly-half Charlie Hodgson could see England cut loose.

Teams:

England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Mark Cueto, 13 Mike Tindall, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 David Strettle, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter (captain), 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 James Haskell, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 Paul Doran-Jones, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Jon Golding.
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Tim Payne, 18 Dan Ward-Smith, 19 Joe Worsley, 20 Joe Simpson, 21 Olly Barkley, 22 Mathew Tait.

Barbarians: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Florian Fritz, 11 Cedric Heymans, 10 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 9 Byron Kelleher, 8 Xavier Rush (captain), 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Rodney So'oialo, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Ross Skeate, 3 Julian White, 2 Benoit August, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Census Johnston, 18 Jerome Thion, 19 George Smith, 20 Pierre Mignoni, 21 Fabrice Estebanez, 22 David Smith.