Baa Baas push England close

Baa Baas push England close

30 May 2010

Despite dominating the first half England scrambled in the second to beat the Barbarians 35-26 at Twickenham.

England lead 25-7 at the break, thanks to a three-try blitz which was aided significantly by the disjointed defensive structure of the Baa Baas.

New Zelanders David Smith and Byron Kellerher combined well to get the Baa Baas in the match after the restart. Census Johnson and Paul Sackey struck for the visitors to leave England clinging to a six point lead with four minutes to go. However, they survived an onslaught and Olly Barkely eased the pressure when he goaled a penalty.

England face Australia on 12 June in the first of their mid-year tour fixtures.


7 Comments

  • 1.grant10: Reply to this comment
    30 May 2010, 21:24 pm

    well done poms

  • 2.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    30 May 2010, 21:58 pm

    No Leicester players were available for this one, so good to get the win.

  • 3.Tacitus thinks the Bulls made certain "experts" look silly this season: Reply to this comment
    30 May 2010, 22:00 pm

    @Big Hit(Big Hit)-2:

    Big Hit.

    Having watched both games, what’s your take on the intensity of the Guiness Premiership final vs the Super 14 final?

  • 4.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    30 May 2010, 22:05 pm

    @Tacitus thinks the Bulls made certain “experts” look silly this season(Tacitus)-3: being honest, Sarries/Tigers felt like slo-mo after watching Bulls/Stormers, I don’t think that it was lacking intensity but the softer ground slows everything down and makes it less frenetic.

  • 5.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    30 May 2010, 22:07 pm

    I should add, that he GP final isn’t the S14 final equivalent, the Heineken Cup final (contested by Toulouse/Biarritz this year) is, certainly a level or two up on the GP this season.

  • 6.scar: Reply to this comment
    31 May 2010, 15:59 pm

    @Big Hit(Big Hit)-5: I agree, the first season that I watched most of the Heineken Cup and it had everything the Super14 has (although refereeing…). The semis and final had the same intensity as the Super14 equivalent and throughout the season, good rugby was played!

    As for the England Baabaas game – the Barbarians were aweful and apathetic in the 1st half, England was very average in the 2nd when the Baabaas upped their game.

  • 7.Boksarenumber1: Reply to this comment
    1 Jun 2010, 06:19 am

    Supersport does not even show us these matches anymore.
    Thanks for nothing

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