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England kicked off their June International series with a record 57-26 victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham with winger Chris Ashton scoring a hat-trick of tries.
Scorers
England
Tries: Ashton 3, Hartley, Wade, Wigglesworth, Joseph 2
Penalties: Farrell
Conversions: Farrell 7
Barbarians
Tries: Muliaina 2, Tindall, Taele-Pvihi
Conversions: Donald 2, Contepomi
Teams
England
15 Ben Foden , 14 Chris Ashton , 13 Brad Barritt , 12 Owen Farrell , 11 Christian Wade , 10 Charlie Hodgson , 9 Lee Dickson , 1 Matt Stevens , 2 Dylan Hartley , 3 Paul Doran Jones , 4 Mouritz Botha , 5 Tom Palmer , 6 Tom Johnson , 7 Carl Fearns , 8 Phil Dowson (capt)
Replacements , 16 Lee Mears , 17 Matt Mullan , 18 Joe Launchbury , 19 Jamie Gibson , 20 Richard Wigglesworth , 21 Jonathan Joseph , 22 Alex Goode
Barbarians
Mils Muliaina; Paul Sackey, Casey Laulala, Mike Tindall, Ian Balshaw; Stephen Donald, Rory Lawson; Neemia Tialata, John Smit (captain), John Afoa, Mark Chisholm, Anton van Zyl, Ernst Joubert, John Beattie, Akapusi Qera
Replacements: Benoit August, Duncan Jones, Pelu Taele, Raphael Lakafia, Jerome Fillol, Felipe Contepomi, Sailosi Tagicakibau
Adam
Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has named mainly local players in a 29-man rugby squad for the three home tests in June against Italy and France. Most of the Pumas’ stars play in Europe, but coach Santiago Phelan has summoned only nine based there, headed by captain Felipe Contepomi and veteran prop Rodrigo Roncero.
He will reportedly name a second squad soon with 24 European-based players for the Rugby Championship opener against South Africa on Aug. 18 in Cape Town.
Belisario Agulla, Gabriel Ascarate, Rodrigo Baez, Facundo Barrea, Andres Bordoy, Rodrigo Bruno, Felipe Contepomi (captain), Tomas Cubelli, Tomas De la Vega, Julio Farias Cabello, Genaro Fessia, Francisco Gomez Kodela, Agustin Gosio, Eusebio Guinazu, Santiago Nicolas Guzman, Pablo Henn, Martin Landajo, Tomas Leonardi, Benjamin Macome, Ignacio Mieres, Roman Miralles, Manuel Montero, Matias Orlando, Bruno Postiglioni, Rodrigo Roncero, Leonardo Senatore, Francisco Tetaz Chaparro, Joaquin Tuculet, Benjamin Urdapilleta.
Frederic Michalak from the Super Rugby match between The Sharks and DHL Stormers
(via thenerdofunion)
Bloody Action!
But the Blues won’t keep Jamie Mackintosh out of action!
Bring It On, Baby!
Will Greenwood & The Grassless Tour of Rome (by OfficialCanterbury)
“Two Games. Four days. Carnage.. Rome. What rugby is all about,” he said.
