New Zealand Barbarians

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New Zealand Barbarian

Full name	New Zealand Barbarian Rugby Club Inc.
Union	New Zealand Rugby
Nickname(s)	Baa-Baas
Founded	1937; 87 years ago (1937)
Location	Kingsland, Auckland
Ground(s)	Eden Park (Capacity: 50,000)
Coach(es)	Scott McLeod
Team kit
Official website
www.barbarianrugby.co.nz

The New Zealand Barbarian Rugby Club Inc., nicknamed the Barbarians, or Baa-Baas, is a rugby union club headquartered in Kingsland, Auckland. The idea came from the concept of the Barbarian F.C. The Barbarians played their home matches at Eden Park.

They have been a part of New Zealand Rugby since the team was founded in 1937 by two ex-All Blacks, Ronald Bush and Hubert McLean, who captained their first game (against Auckland) in 1938.^[1]

To mark the club's 50th Jubilee, an unbeaten five-match tour to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland was undertaken in March 1987, two months before the inaugural World Cup, where they recorded wins against Leicester (33-3), Wanderers (Dublin) (34-3), Ballymena (29-4), Cornwall (63-9). They also produced a devastating performance in Cardiff, beating the Barbarians 68-16. There were thirteen All Blacks in the party of 22 and a further six future caps, with Wayne Smith being drafted in from Italy as a replacement for one game. New Zealand were emerging from a turbulent 1986, the year of the rebel Cavaliers tour to South Africa and the "Baby Blacks" tests, the subsequent reintegration of the Cavaliers into the Bledisloe Cup games, and the infamous Battle of Nantes. Eight players who had survived November in Nantes toured, as did four Cavaliers.

• Management staff was: Peter Murdoch (Coach), Kevin Barry (Team Manager), D.E.Kirk (Auckland) Captain, Clive Murdoch (Masseur)
• Back Threes: G.J.L. Cooper (Auckland), C.I.Green (Canterbury), C, D.J.Halligan (Waikato), J.J.Kirwan (Auckland)
• Centres: B.J. McCahill (Auckland), N.J.Schuster (Wellington), J.T.Stanley (Auckland)
• Half backs: S.J.Bachop (Otago), I.B.Deans (Canterbury), W.R. Smith (Canterbury)
• Front rows: J.A.S.Buchan (Canterbury), W.G.Bunn (Taranaki), B.T.Fitzpatrick (Auckland), S.C.McDowall (Auckland), B.McGrattan (Wellington)
• Locks: B.L.Anderson (Wairapa-Bush), M.Weedon (Bay of Plenty), G.W.Whetton (Auckland)
• Back rows: M.R.Brewer (Otago), M.N.Jones (Auckland), A.J.Whetton (Auckland), D.A.Williams (Wellington)

Subsequent NZ Barbarian trips to the UK were undertaken in 1996 and 2003.

The November 1996 matches were part of the ERFU's 125th celebrations with a warm-up fixture against the North Of England played in the snow at Huddersfield ahead of a "test" against England the week after.John Hart's 24-man squad, captained by Sean Fitzpatrick featured 19 All Blacks and four future All Blacks and won both fixtures, an 86-0 win against the North of England for whom twelve first choice selections had withdrawn from the team on the preceding Wednesday and a 34-19 victory against England at Twickenham Stadium.

• Back three: J.T Lomu (Counties), C.M.Cullen (Manawatu), G.M. Osborne (North Harbour), J.Vidiri (Counties)
• Centres: N.A.Ieremia (Wellington)*, M.R.Ranby (Manawatu)F, L.Stensness (Auckland)*
• Half-backs: J.W.Marshall (Canterbury), A.P Mehrtens (Canterbury), C.J Spencer (Auckland), M.D. Robinson (North Harbour)
• Front Row: M.R. Allen (Taranaki), O.M.Brown (Auckland), M.Collins (Waikato), S.B.T. Fitzpatrick (Capt.) (Auckland)* A.D.Oliver (Otago)
• Locks: R.M. Brooke (Auckland), I.D. Jones (Auckland), G.L.Taylor (Northland)
• Back Row: A.F.Blowers (Auckland), C.S.Davis (Manawatu), M.N.Jones (Auckland), D.G.Mika (Auckland), T.C.Randell (Otago)

The 2003 match played at Twickenham was viewed at the time as something of a festival affair to celebrate the home country's recent RWC success. Falling as it did during the British, Irish and European club championships, both sides struggled to assemble "full strength squads" indeed the England XV featured only five RUWC cup winners.Contractual difficulties with clubs releasing players resulted in the NZ Barbarians side being deemed - in comparison to previous touring parties - as at best only "competitive" and the England XV side ran out very comfortable winners, 42-17.

• Back three: G.P."Jorrie" Muller (Lions & South Africa), R.L Gear (North Harbour), E.Taione (Newcastle Falcons & Tonga), Diego Albanese (Leeds Tykes & Argentina)
• Centres: D.L Gibson (Leicester & NZ), K.R.Lowren (Waikato), T.A. Vili (Border Reivers & Samoa)
• Half backs: D.D. Lee (Otago), G.W. Jackson (Bay of Plenty), B.Willis (Harlequins)
• Front rows: A.K.Hore (Taranaki), M.R.Hurter (Newcastle Falcons & South Africa), D.T Manu (Waikato), S.A.A."Ace" Tiatia (Harlequins & Samoa), T.D.Woodcock (North Harbour)
• Locks: T.V.Flavell (North Harbour), T.S. Mailing (Otago), N.M.C. Maxwell (Canterbury)
• Back row: J.Blackie (Otago), S.Harding (Otago), T.C. Randell (Saracens & NZ) (Capt), X.J.Rush (Auckland)

The New Zealand Barbarians were also selected for the All Blacks trial replacing the 'Possibles XV' and in 2009 a New Zealand Barbarians under 85 kg Team toured Australia winning both of their games. The team played against the Māori All Blacks in 2010 at Okara Park, losing 31 – 37 before a crowd of 9,000. A Middleweight Barbarian side was also selected in 2011 to play four games. In 2015, the New Zealand Barbarians won over the Māori All Blacks 17–34.

Provincial Barbarians squad to play the British and Irish Lions on 3 June 2017,^[2] during the 2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand:

• Head Coach – Clayton McMillan

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Club/province Union Sam Anderson-Heather Hooker (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 36) Otago New Zealand Andrew Makalio Hooker (1992-01-22) 22 January 1992 (age 32) Tasman / Crusaders New Zealand Tolu Fahamokioa Prop (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33) Wellington Tonga Oliver Jager Prop (1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 29) Canterbury / Crusaders Ireland Marcel Renata Prop (1994-01-24) 24 January 1994 (age 30) Auckland New Zealand Aidan Ross Prop (1995-10-25) 25 October 1995 (age 29) Bay of Plenty New Zealand Josh Goodhue Lock (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 29) Northland / Blues New Zealand Keepa Mewett Lock (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987 (age 37) Bay of Plenty New Zealand James Tucker Lock (1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 33) Waikato / Chiefs New Zealand Lachlan Boshier Flanker (1994-11-16) 16 November 1994 (age 30) Taranaki / Chiefs New Zealand Mitchell Dunshea Flanker (1995-11-18) 18 November 1995 (age 29) Canterbury / Crusaders New Zealand Matt Matich Flanker (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991 (age 33) Northland New Zealand Peter Rowe Number 8 (1981-12-07) 7 December 1981 (age 43) Wanganui New Zealand Jack Stratton Scrum-half (1994-08-21) 21 August 1994 (age 30) Canterbury New Zealand Richard Judd Scrum-half (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 (age 32) Bay of Plenty New Zealand Bryn Gatland Fly-half (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 29) North Harbour New Zealand Dwayne Sweeney Centre (1984-08-08) 8 August 1984 (age 40) Waikato New Zealand Inga Finau Centre (1994-08-21) 21 August 1994 (age 30) Taranaki New Zealand Jonah Lowe Wing (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28) Hawke's Bay New Zealand Sevu Reece Wing (1997-02-13) 13 February 1997 (age 27) Waikato Fiji Sam Vaka Wing (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 32) Counties Manukau New Zealand Luteru Laulala Fullback (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 29) Counties Manukau New Zealand Junior Ngaluafe Fullback (1991-11-24) 24 November 1991 (age 33) Southland New Zealand

The New Zealand Barbarians wear scarlet red jerseys with white shorts. The symbol of the team is a white leaping lamb.

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