Barbarians vs Samoa, Sunday 28 November 12:30AM AEST

[RugbyReg]

Great that Wright is getting a shot at fullback.

 

[Derpus]

Great that Wright is getting a shot at fullback.

I was pretty keen to see how JOC (James O'Connor) would go there.

 

[RugbyReg]

Great that Wright is getting a shot at full

I was pretty keen to see how JOC (James O'Connor) would go there.

see I have less expectation of that being a successful endeavour

 

[Brumby Runner]

Great that Wright is getting a shot at full

see I have less expectation of that being a successful endeavour

Neither fills me with great confidence.

 

[RugbyReg]

Neither fills me with great confidence.

who cares. It’s a barbarians game. It’s a perfect environment for Wright.

 

[Adam84]

 

[Adam84]

Capital letters exist for a reason

 

[Sully]

Word coming through that game is cancelled. 6 cases of COVID in barbarians side. 4 players, 2 staff.

 

[Sully]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1464584189983039495

 

[Derpus]

Fuck sake I was actually gunna watch this one

 

[whitefalcon]

jesus, how has this come through so close to kick off!

I guess it explains why it isnt up on stan yet

 

[Drew]

Disappointing. These are trying times.

 

[Drew]

And also in the photo, how excited does McDermott look to be on the bench behind white in an exhibition game. Surely McDermott is perfect for a baabaas game, I don’t think whites box kicking fits their philosophy. Doesn’t matter now anyways

 

[Rugbynutter39]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1464584189983039495

Yeh logged onto stan to watch this morning and saw the postponed and now know the reasons why. The new normal I suppose. Was looking forward to this but ah well at least had Dubai sevens finals replays to watch

 

[RugbyReg]

No word on which players I assume?

 

[Drew]

No word on which players I assume?

The breakup is mostly Aussies and I think a South African, 2 Argentine and four Japanese (not including Perese). If these touring parties took their bubbles seriously and it’s 4 players then it’d be the Japanese. I could be wrong

 

[Wilson]

There goes my Sunday morning plans . Hope they all pull through ok and this doesn't screw with any of their plans to get home for Christmas.

 

[Derpus]

Sucks for Kearney. I read this was his swansong... From rugby entirely or just tests?

 

[The Nomad]

And also in the photo, how excited does McDermott look to be on the bench behind white in an exhibition game. Surely McDermott is perfect for a baabaas game, I don’t think whites box kicking fits their philosophy. Doesn’t matter now anyways

Yeah, when you consider Rennie has already seen plenty of White as a starting 9 in the last few weeks the late swapping of him for McDermott made the least amount of sense of the changes to the starting lineup. Would have also liked to see how the initially listed centre pairing of Ikitau and Perese went.

Anyway, not to be. Hope all involved stay healthy and have a safe return home for Xmas.

 

[RugbyReg]

Sucks for Kearney. I read this was his swansong... From rugby entirely or just tests?

Same for Joe Tekori of Samoa.

Tekori's emotional interview after being denied final game for Samoa

Samoa's Joe Tekori gives an emotional interview after he was denied the chance of a farewell game for his country when the Barbarbians pulled out of the fixture following a Covid outbreak.

www.bbc.co.uk