Autumn Internationals 2019

[TheOvalBall]

Don't fret people.

We have two more games to go before we close out the year

Barbarians v Fiji
Date: Saturday 16th November 2019

Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London

Kick-off: 2:30pm


Wales v Barbarians
Date: Saturday 30th November 2019

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Kick-off: 2:45pm

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)



https://www.autumn-internationals.co.uk/2019/

 

[TheOvalBall]

Gatland will be coaching the Baa-baas.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I feel the same about the Barbarians as @The Alpha Bro does about the lions.

Gatland will be coaching the Baa-baas.

Seriously?
Blimey, least BaaBaas coach going.

 

[Leinster Fan]

Apprently Rory Best is getting a sendoff here which is nice. Other than that would.have to say that surely the Baa Baas are struggling for relevance in this day and age.

 

[TheOvalBall]

According to this , Eddie Jones will be coaching against Fiji, and the link in the original post says Gatland will coach against Wales.

 

[Nudger]

Praise for captain

 

[Scotty]

According to this , Eddie Jones will be coaching against Fiji, and the link in the original post says Gatland will coach against Wales.

Definitly using this to test some young fringe england players aswell as make it a good test.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

A few additional Tier2 fixtures

09/11 - Brazil v Portugal
16/11 - Barbarians v Fiji
16/11 - Chile v Portugal
16/11 - Occitanie*v Spain
16/11 - Belgium v Hong Kong
20/11 - Brazil v Barbarians
23/11 - Spain v Hong Kong
30/11 - Barbarians v Wales

The Portugal games in South America could be pretty even and entertaining. Would be good if Brazil could get a crowd against the Baa Baas anything like what they got against the Maori ABs.

*appears to be a region in the south of France.

 

[TheOvalBall]

I have a question.

Do players who play for the Barbarians play for free ?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I have a question.

Do players who play for the Barbarians play for free ?

Nope, they get paid a substantial amount - Matt Giteau got caught at Aussie customs in 2011 with 60k in cash in his bag that was his appearance fee.

Whole thing is rotten/a tax cheat, people who hold them up as this ode to amateur rugby are way off the mark.

 

[TheOvalBall]

Thank you!

 

[Leinster Fan]

Nope, they get paid a substantial amount - Matt Giteau got caught at Aussie customs in 2011 with 60k in cash in his bag that was his appearance fee.

Whole thing is rotten/a tax cheat, people who hold them up as this ode to amateur rugby are way off the mark.

Out of curiosity, who's paying?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sponsors and gates?
I dunno, I just don't like them as a whole.

 

[francisco castro]

Brazil defeated Portugal 26-24 last week (HT 21-12), based on scrum domination although the portuguese backs were sharper and very efficient. They came back from a 12 points gap in 2nd half. The official attendance was 784 or 2,2 % of the public who attended the match against the Maories. It seems that promotion of this test was not comparable with the one against Maories.

Portugal defeated Chile today 23-18 (HT 3-8), again with a good performance of their backs and a poor one by the chilean back line. Portuguese pack were again under pressure, they conceded several scrum penalties.

This portuguese team is a Development team , age average of 22yo. They have only two players who are based in France from a total of 15 or more.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Brazil defeated Portugal 26-24 last week (HT 21-12), based on scrum domination although the portuguese backs were sharper and very efficient. They came back from a 12 points gap in 2nd half. The official attendance was 784 or 2,2 % of the public who attended the match against the Maories. It seems that promotion of this test was not comparable with the one against Maories.

Portugal defeated Chile today 23-18 (HT 3-8), again with a good performance of their backs and a poor one by the chilean back line. Portuguese pack were again under pressure, they conceded several scrum penalties.

This portuguese team is a Development team , age average of 22yo. They have only two players who are based in France from a total of 15 or more.

What's the state of Portuguese rugby in general? I go to the Algarve most years and while everyone seems to know what rugby is it's clearly not popular. I reckon it's probably a hard sell in a country that is so dominated by soccer with a relatively small population.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Those are some strong showings by the Portguese. I can see them finishing ahead of Belgium in the REC.

 

[francisco castro]

What's the state of Portuguese rugby in general? I go to the Algarve most years and while everyone seems to know what rugby is it's clearly not popular. I reckon it's probably a hard sell in a country that is so dominated by soccer with a relatively small population.

There is a forum for tier 2 and 3 countries, Portuguese posters provide continous information concerning this subject. Name : Tier 2 & 3 Rugby Forum".