Not sure if this'd be a popular idea. It would kind of be a rest of the world team to compete in the Provincial Championship. Yes, Cribb hates ROTW sides, but at least in rugby there is a parallel. The Barbarians would be made up of players not eligible for GB, NZ or Australia - so actually it'd only be South Africa, Celtic Nations, Asia and France, Samoa and Italy from the PR sign ups. EDIT: Any Skippos style eligibility shenanigans will be infracted. Pros More games in the Provincial tournament. Means that NZ, GB, Aus all get to play every week during the provincial tournament. More players involved Skippos still unlikely to start for a Barbarians team Cons NZ, GB and Aus will lose all of their eligible Celts & Saffers Does this weaken GB too much? Something like: 1. Os du Toit 2. Jonty Rhodes 3. Ishan Narang 4. James McDougal 5. Double Dong 6. Callum Laing 7. Michael Chung 8. Jono Chewie 9. Cobra Classified/Fourie van der Westhuizen 10. Chad Dyer 11. Ali Farhat/Chris Raftery/Girve Swevington 12. Zohaib Ikram 13. Paddy Orr 14. Andrew "to be sure to be sure" James 15. Ginger Furball 16. Leumas Himann 17. Antone Sciappapetre 18. Soumyanil Das 19. Hal Teja 20. Thad Bochat/Kovana Solosolo 21. Cunning Stunt/Darren Cave 22. Aby Dforum
No room for Faldo? Looks like an alright team actually. edit: the Southern and Western Australians would play for Australia
Yeah. Missed both of them. Paddy comes in for Cave. Swervington a good shot for a place over Farhat or Raftery too - seems to be more consistent.
So, how would GB and NZ look without these players? 1. Os Du Toit - Okoudou Gbagbo 2. Eddie Morris 3. David Dafter 4. Sam Verigotta (c) 5. James McDougal - Bruce Force 6. Simon Laing - Geraint Martyn 7. Callum Laing - Zinzan Brumby 8. Marcuss Deane 9. Ben Hornby 10. Jake Luffman (k) 11. Al Farnsworth 12. Ed Ames 13. Sam Graham 14. Jordan Logan 15. Bobby Blunder Substitutes 16. Jonny Ridd 17. Oukoudu Gbagbo 18. Bruce Force 19. Zinzan Brumby 20. Chad Dyer 21. Chris Warrington 22. Ginger Furball New Zealand 1 Joshua Ritchie 2 Alan Izett 3 Chris Smith 4 Jason Denton 5 Heath Davis 6 Seige Morgan JD Hurricane 7 Simon Humble* 8 Dexter Astele 9 Sam Bakkum 10 Matthew Scoble 11 Matt Dorn 12 Geoff Smith 13 Gareth Weaver 14 Lucas Schaw 15 Regan Hutchinson 16 Jonty Rhodes 17 James Torres 18 Mike Martyn 19 JD Hurricane 20 Sam Somerset 21 Damien Taylor 22 Sticky Phelgm Hmmm. GB looks much weaker on the bench, but the team works overall.
England would need to dig deep for backs seeing as we don't have Farny or Luffers this year either. Edwards, Nova, Bobrad Smith, come on down
Bloody Farny and Luffers. Do GB have a back up first-five? I guess Eds would have to play there. But if he got injured... 1. Okoudou Gbagbo 2. Eddie Morris 3. David Dafter 4. Sam Verigotta (c) 5. Bruce Force 6. Geraint Martyn 7. Zinzan Brumby 8. Marcuss Deane 9. Ben Hornby 10. Ed Ames 11. Chris Warrington 12. Jake Howe 13. Sam Graham 14. Jordan Logan 15. Bobby Blunder Substitutes 16. Jonny Ridd 17. John McGrath 18. Michael Edwards 19. Mathew Kaye 20. Mathew Mitchell 21. Simon Nova 22. Bobrad Smith The bench isn't so bad. Backup for every position expect the pivots.
NZ comes out of it pretty much unscathed there, if this happens how much of a difference should it make to the matchup?
New Zealand 1 Joshua Ritchie 2 Alan Izett 3 Chris Smith 4 Jason Denton 5 Heath Davis 6 JD Hurricane 7 Simon Humble* 8 Samuel Yates 9 Sam Bakkum 10 Matthew Scoble 11 Matt Dorn 12 Geoff Smith 13 Gareth Weaver 14 Lucas Schaw 15 Regan Hutchinson 16 Denzel Petrucci 17 James Torres 18 Mike Martyn 19 Dexter Astele 20 Peter Jackson 21 Damien Taylor 22 Sticky Phlegm Hmmm. No spare front rower for NZ?
You've still got Farny in there - it's tough to let go Warrington would have to go on the wing and then Edwards or I would play centre. Very thin on the ground.
Oh, fuck you. I knew your defection at the time would come back and bite at some point. Bloody plastic celts.
1. Wes Welker 2. Tom Delonge (c) 3. Dave Eggman 4. Morgan Burridge 5. Donald Boland 6. Ben Manera 7. League Lover 8. Brett Gemmell 9. Robert Cribb 10. Aaron Hunt 11. Andrew James - Daniel Speirs 12. Stephen Cambridge 13. Paddy Orr - Jacobs/Vago/Eightyfour? 14. Ben Herd 15. Al Son 16. Benny Read 17. Herr Berger 18. Jack Dempsey 19. Theo Miokovic 20. Dion Alessi 21. Ben Jacobs 22. Daniel Speirs Pretty sure it's only the 2 of us that would go to the barbs.
Barbarians 1. Os du Toit 2. Jonty Rhodes 3. Ishan Narang 4. James McDougal 5. Double Dong 6. Callum Laing 7. Michael Chung 8. Jono Chewie 9. Cobra Classified/Fourie van der Westhuizen 10. Chad Dyer 11. Ali Farhat/Chris Raftery/Girve Swevington 12. Zohaib Ikram 13. Paddy Orr 14. Andrew "to be sure to be sure" James 15. Ginger Furball 16. Leumas Himann 17. Antone Sciappapetre 18. Soumyanil Das 19. Hal Teja 20. Thad Bochat/Kovana Solosolo 21. Cunning Stunt/Darren Cave 22. Aby Dforum England 1. Okoudou Gbagbo 2. Eddie Morris 3. David Dafter 4. Sam Verigotta (c) 5. Bruce Force 6. Geraint Martyn 7. Zinzan Brumby 8. Marcuss Deane 9. Ben Hornby 10. Ed Ames 11. Chris Warrington 12. Jake Howe 13. Sam Graham 14. Jordan Logan 15. Bobby Blunder Substitutes 16. Jonny Ridd 17. John McGrath 18. Michael Edwards 19. Mathew Kaye 20. Mathew Mitchell 21. Simon Nova 22. Bobrad Smith New Zealand 1 Joshua Ritchie 2 Alan Izett 3 Chris Smith 4 Jason Denton 5 Heath Davis 6 JD Hurricane 7 Simon Humble 8 Samuel Yates 9 Sam Bakkum 10 Matthew Scoble 11 Matt Dorn 12 Geoff Smith 13 Gareth Weaver 14 Lucas Schaw 15 Regan Hutchinson 16 Denzel Petrucci 17 James Torres 18 Mike Martyn 19 Dexter Astele 20 Peter Jackson 21 Damien Taylor 22 Sticky Phlegm Australia 1. Wes Welker 2. Tom Delonge (c) 3. Benny Read 4. Morgan Burridge 5. Donald Boland 6. Ben Manera 7. League Lover 8. Brett Gemmell 9. Robert Cribb 10. Aaron Hunt 11. Daniel Speirs 12. Steve Cambridge 13. Ben Jacobs 14. Ben Herd 15. Alistair Son 16. Dave Eggman 17. Herr Berger 18. Jack Dempsey 19. Theo Miokovic 20. Dion Alessi 21. Kelvin Fung 22. Jaz Eightyfour