2011 June rugby union tests

The 2011 mid-year rugby union tests featured only seven matches due to the upcoming 2011 Rugby World Cup. No test series took place, although the Barbarians did play two matches in the United Kingdom; England and Wales. New Zealand and Australia hosted a respective Tier 2 side, Australia hosted Samoa, New Zealand hosted Fiji. Argentina hosted the French Barbarians, while Japan played a Top League XV side in Tokyo.

This was the first time since 1973, and only the second in the past 50 years, that no team representing the Home Unions (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, or the British and Irish Lions) toured the southern hemisphere in the mid-year window.^[1]

Fixtures

Week 1

29 May 2011 14:30 BST (UTC+01)

England	32–38	Barbarians
Try: Trinder 3' c Monye 18' c Simpson-Daniel 26' c Johnson 72' m Con: C. Hodgson (3/4) Pen: C. Hodgson (2/3) 16', 63'	Report[2]	Try: Baby 7' c Michalak 38' c Visser (2) 48' m, 78' c Smith 56' m van Niekerk 60' c Con: Michalak (3/5) Pienaar (1/1)

Twickenham, London Attendance: 38,680 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

FB 15 Mike Brown  66' RW 14 James Simpson-Daniel OC 13 Henry Trinder IC 12 Matt Banahan LW 11 Ugo Monye  43' FH 10 Charlie Hodgson SH 9 Paul Hodgson  58' N8 8 Luke Narraway (c) OF 7 Carl Fearns 35' to 45'  52' BF 6 Tom Johnson RL 5 Dave Attwood LL 4 Graham Kitchener  58' LP 3 Paul Doran-Jones  58'  62' HK 2 David Paice TP 1 Joe Marler  62' Substitutes: HK 16 Joe Gray PR 17 Kieran Brookes  58' LK 18 James Gaskell  52' FL 19 Jamie Gibson  58' SH 20 Micky Young  58' FH 21 Stephen Myler  66' CE 22 Jordan Turner-Hall  43' Team manager: Martin Johnson

FB 15 Nicolas Jeanjean RW 14 Paul Sackey  65' OC 13 Benoît Baby  50' IC 12 Mathieu Bastareaud LW 11 Tim Visser FH 10 Frédéric Michalak  57' SH 9 Ruan Pienaar N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c) OF 7 George Smith  65' BF 6 Joe van Niekerk RL 5 Quintin Geldenhuys  50' LL 4 Erik Lund LP 3 Davit Kubriashvili  50' HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini  50' TP 1 Salvatore Perugini Substitutes: HK 16 Sébastien Bruno  50' PR 17 Carl Hayman  50' LK 18 Iosefa Tekori  50' FL 19 Martyn Williams  65' SH 20 Sébastien Tillous-Borde  57' FH 21 Willie Mason  65' CE 22 Seru Rabeni  50' Coach: Dai Young

• As is typical for Barbarians matches, this was an uncapped match for England.
• The traditionally uncapped player of the Barbarians side was Tim Visser. (Willie Mason was also uncapped in rugby union but he was capped in rugby league, having switched codes a few weeks before the game when signing to Toulon.) Visser qualified for Scotland on residency grounds in June 2012 and now represents that country internationally.

Week 2

4 June 2011 14:30 BST (UTC+01)

Wales	28–31	Barbarians
Try: North 10' c Stoddart 25' c Phillips 54' c Brew 65' c Con: S. Jones (4/4)	Report[3]	Try: Tekori 17' m Nacewa (2) 22' c, 79' c Parisse 35' c Bastareaud 73' m Con: James (3/5)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 31,232 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

FB 15 Morgan Stoddart RW 14 George North OC 13 Jonathan Davies IC 12 Gavin Henson  61' LW 11 Aled Brew 43' to 53' FH 10 Stephen Jones  66' SH 9 Mike Phillips  61' N8 8 Taulupe Faletau OF 7 Sam Warburton (c) BF 6 Dan Lydiate  63' RL 5 Luke Charteris LL 4 Ryan Jones  61' LP 3 Paul James HK 2 Huw Bennett  64' TP 1 Ryan Bevington  61' Substitutes: HK 16 Lloyd Burns  64' PR 17 Scott Andrews  61' LK 18 Alun Wyn Jones  61' FL 19 Josh Turnbull  63' SH 20 Tavis Knoyle  61' FH 21 Rhys Priestland  66' CE 22 Scott Williams  61' Coach: Warren Gatland

FB 15 Isa Nacewa RW 14 Paul Sackey  61' OC 13 Seru Rabeni  65' IC 12 Mathieu Bastareaud LW 11 Doug Howlett FH 10 Brock James SH 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde  64' N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c) OF 7 Martyn Williams  55' BF 6 Joe van Niekerk RL 5 Paul Tito  56' LL 4 Iosefa Tekori 45' to 55' LP 3 Carl Hayman  65'  74' HK 2 Sébastien Bruno  54' TP 1 Iestyn Thomas  74' Substitutes: HK 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini  54' PR 17 Davit Kubriashvili  65' LK 18 Erik Lund  56' FL 19 George Smith  55' SH 20 Lloyd Williams  64' FH 21 Willie Mason  65' CE 22 Benoît Baby  61' Coach: Dai Young

Notes:

• Unlike most Barbarians matches, this was a fully capped match for Wales. As a result, Stephen Jones earned his 100th Wales cap in this match.
• The uncapped players on this Barbarians squad were Brock James and Lloyd Williams. As noted earlier, Willie Mason is uncapped in union as a recent code convert, but capped in league.

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4 June 2011 16:10 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	23–19	French Barbarians
Try: Fessia 23' c Figuerola 38' m Contepomi 62' m Con: Contepomi (1/3) Pen: Contepomi (2) 58', 74'	Report[4]	Try: Boussès 12' c Planté 29' m Vosloo 66' c Con: Beauxis (2/3)

Doble Visera, Avellaneda Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)

FB 15 Martín Rodríguez RW 14 Lucas Borges OC 13 Marcelo Bosch IC 12 Horacio San Martín LW 11 Gonzalo Camacho FH 10 Felipe Contepomi (c) SH 9 Agustín Figuerola  12' N8 8 Leonardo Senatore OF 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón BF 6 Genaro Fessia  11' RL 5 Mariano Galarza  75' LL 4 Manuel Carizza LP 3 Maximiliano Bustos  11' HK 2 Agustín Creevy TP 1 Rodrigo Roncero  22' Substitutes: HK 16 Eusebio Guiñazú  22' PR 17 Juan Pablo Orlandi  11' LK 18 Santiago Guzmán  75' FL 19 Alejandro Campos  11' SH 20 Alfredo Lalanne  12' FH 21 Nicolás Sánchez WG 22 Rafael Carballo Coach: Santiago Phelan

FB 15 Silvère Tian  70' RW 14 Adrien Planté  57' OC 13 Romain Cabannes IC 12 Guillaume Boussès LW 11 Marc Andreu FH 10 Lionel Beauxis SH 9 Julien Dupuy  61' N8 8 Damien Chouly OF 7 Pierre Rabadan (c) BF 6 Gerhard Vosloo RL 5 Matthias Rolland LL 4 Christophe Samson LP 3 David Attoub HK 2 Mathieu Bonello  57' TP 1 Yannick Forestier Substitutes: HK 16 Romain Terrain PR 17 Eduard Coetzee  57' LK 18 Guillaume Vilaceca FL 19 Antonie Claassen SH 20 Fabien Cibray  61' FH 21 Rémi Talès  70' CE 22 Yoan Audrin  57' Coaches: Laurent Travers Laurent Labit

Week 3

11 June 2011 15:25 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	18–21	French Barbarians
Pen: Sánchez 17', 29', 31', 38', 44', 55'	Report[5]	Try: Lapeyre (2) 26' c, 49'm Con: Teulet (1/2) Pen: Teulet 3', 42', 56'

Estadio Centenario, Resistencia Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa)

FB 15 Lucas González Amorosino RW 14 Agustin Gosio OC 13 Juan Ignacio Gauthier  63' IC 12 Gabriel Ascarate LW 11 Rafael Carballo FH 10 Nicolás Sánchez  70' SH 9 Alfredo Lalanne  40' N8 8 Leonardo Senatore OF 7 Julio Farías Cabello BF 6 Miguel de Achaval  74' RL 5 Benjamin Macome  56' LL 4 Manuel Carizza LP 3 Martín Scelzo  40' HK 2 Agustín Creevy (c) TP 1 Juan Figallo  66' Substitutes: PR 16 Eusebio Guiñazú  66' PR 17 Juan Pablo Orlandi  40' PR 18 Bruno Postiglioni LK 19 Alejandro Campos  56' FL 20 Genaro Fessia  74' SH 21 Nicolas Bruzzone  40' FH 22 Marcelo Bosch  70' CE 23 Gonzalo Camacho  63' Coach: Santiago Phelan

FB 15 Romain Teulet RW 14 Julien Arias OC 13 Yohan Audrin  70' IC 12 Guillaume Boussès LW 11 Benjamin Lapeyre FH 10 Rémi Talès  69' SH 9 Fabien Cibray  56' N8 8 Antonie Claassen OF 7 Pierre Rabadan (c)  54' BF 6 Jean Monribot RL 5 Guillaume Vilaceca LL 4 Matthias Rolland LP 3 David Attoub  69' HK 2 Romain Terrain  54' TP 1 Jean-Philippe Lafond  40' Substitutes: HK 16 Mathieu Bonello  54' PR 17 Eduard Coetzee  40' PR 18 Yannick Forestier  69' FL 19 Christophe Samson FL 20 Gerhard Vosloo  54' SH 21 Julien Dupuy  56' FH 22 Lionel Beauxis  69' CE 23 Romain Cabannes  70' Coaches: Laurent Travers Laurent Labit

Week 4

26 June 2011 15:00 JST (UTC+09)

Japan	49–7	Top League XV
Try: Kikutani 10' c, 33' c, 64' c Webb 18' c Holani 26' c Nicholas 44' c Imamura 58' c Con: Nicholas (4/4) Webb (1/1) Williams (2/2)		Try: Nagatomo 72' c Con: Kimishima (1/1)

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Referee: Shinji Aida (Japan)

Week 5

17 July 2011 14:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	23–32	Samoa
Try: Ioane 37' c Giteau 70' c Con: Giteau (2/2) Pen: Giteau (3) 40', 41', 57'	Report[6]	Try: Tuilagi 11' c Williams 28' c Thompson 45' m G. Pisi 54' c Con: T. Pisi (3/4) Pen: T. Pisi (1/2)

ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 29,808[7] Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

FB 15 Mark Gerrard  55' RW 14 Rod Davies OC 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper IC 12 Pat McCabe LW 11 Digby Ioane FH 10 Matt Giteau SH 9 Nick Phipps  56' N8 8 Ben McCalman  59' OF 7 Matt Hodgson  50' BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c) RL 5 Nathan Sharpe  51' LL 4 Sitaleki Timani LP 3 Ben Alexander HK 2 Stephen Moore TP 1 Sekope Kepu Substitutes: HK 16 James Hanson PR 17 Pekahou Cowan LK 18 Dan Vickerman  51' N8 19 Scott Higginbotham  59' FL 20 Beau Robinson  50' SH 21 Will Genia  56' FB 22 Kurtley Beale  55' Coach: Robbie Deans

FB 15 Paul Williams RW 14 Sailosi Tagicakibau OC 13 George Pisi  58' IC 12 Seilala Mapusua LW 11 Alesana Tuilagi FH 10 Tusi Pisi  72' SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i N8 8 George Stowers OF 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu BF 6 Taiasina Tuifu'a  76' RL 5 Daniel Leo 36' to 46' LL 4 Kane Thompson  69' LP 3 Anthony Perenise HK 2 Mahonri Schwalger (c)  77' TP 1 Zak Taulafo  65' Substitutes: HK 16 Ti'i Paulo  77' PR 17 Census Johnston  65' LK 18 Filipo Levi  69' FL 19 Manu Salavea  76' FH 20 Brenton Helleur  72' CE 21 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu  58' FB 22 James So'oialo Coach: Fuimaono Tafua

Week 6

22 July 2011 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	60–14	Fiji
Try: Sivivatu 9' m Slade 23' c Hore 34' c Thomson 38' c Smith 63' c Weepu 68' c Penalty try 76' c Muliaina 79' c Con: Slade (4/5), Carter (3/3) Pen: Slade (2) 3', 20'	Report[8]	Try: Serelevu 52' c Goneva 70' c Con: Bai (2/2)

Carisbrook, Dunedin Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

FB 15 Mils Muliaina RW 14 Zac Guildford OC 13 Conrad Smith IC 12 Ma'a Nonu LW 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu  50' FH 10 Colin Slade  64' SH 9 Jimmy Cowan  53' N8 8 Liam Messam  65' OF 7 Richie McCaw (c) BF 6 Adam Thomson RL 5 Ali Williams LL 4 Jarrad Hoeata  53' TP 3 Ben Franks HK 2 Andrew Hore  66' LP 1 Wyatt Crockett  66' Replacements: HK 16 Corey Flynn  66' PR 17 John Afoa  66' LK 18 Sam Whitelock  53' N8 19 Jerome Kaino  65' SH 20 Piri Weepu  52' FH 21 Daniel Carter  64' FB 22 Ben Smith  50' Coach: Graham Henry

FB 15 Iliesa Keresoni RW 14 Timoci Nagusa  55' OC 13 Albert Vulivuli IC 12 Ravai Fatiaki LW 11 Napolioni Nalaga  78' FH 10 Seremaia Bai SH 9 Nemia Serelevu  64' N8 8 Sakiusa Matadigo OF 7 Akapusi Qera  60' BF 6 Dominiko Waqaniburotu RL 5 Rupeni Nasiga  69' LL 4 Sekonaia Kalou TP 3 Deacon Manu (c) HK 2 Sunia Koto  78' LP 1 Campese Ma'afu  69' Replacements: HK 16 Viliame Veikoso  78' PR 17 Setefano Somoca  69' LK 18 Josefa Domolailai  69' N8 19 Malakai Ravulo  60' SH 20 Vitori Butava  64' FH 21 Taniela Rawaqa  78' FB 22 Vereniki Goneva  55' Coach: Sam Domoni

Touch judges: Steve Walsh (Australia) James Leckie (Australia) Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)

See also

• Mid-year rugby union test series
• 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up tests
• 2011 end-of-year rugby union tests
• 2011 Asian Five Nations
• 2011 IRB Churchill Cup
• 2011 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
• 2011 IRB Nations Cup

References

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3. "Wales 28-31 Barbarians". BBC. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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6. Jenkins, Graham. "Samoa shock Wallabies". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
7. "Qantas Wallabies v Samoa – Match Report". Australian Rugby Union. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
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