August 17th 2020 ANSWERS WELCOME This week’s special focus is on the Barbarians. Many ex-players spoke highly of the traditional Easter Tours and of course the many friendships made. BARBARIAN STAR NO.1
Who is being tackled here? MA’A NONU LINING UP A TACKLE
Who are the two Baa-Baas ready to block the attack? FERGUS SLATTERY and JPR WILLIAMS TOP WELSH TRY SCORERS Two Welshmen have scored 17 tries for the Barbarians. Their initials are ER and JW. Who are they? ELGAN REES and JJ WILLIAMS
A KEY PASS
Who is making the pass? Who is the Barbarians player with the headband? TOM DAVID and SANDY CARMICHAEL ENGLAND V BARBARIANS
Which Scot is in this picture-just? FINN RUSSELL FOUNDATION YEAR In which year were the Barbarians founded- 1870,1880,1890 or 1900? 1890 BARBARIANS V SOUTH AFRICA
January 31st.1970. Can you guess the Irish and Scots Barbarians from their initials? RA, FL, WD, MG. RODGER ARNEIL, FRANK LAIDLAW,WILLIE DUGGAN, MIKE GIBSON. ONE FOR THE YOUNGER READERS
December 1st. 2007. Three English players were in the Barbarian side. Their initials were BC, MR, and JR. Who were they? BEN COHEN,MARK REAGAN, JASON ROBINSON. SCOTTISH BARBARIANS Since the war, two Scots have played 20 or more times for the Barbarians. Who are they? One was a winger and one was a prop. ARTHUR SMITH and SANDY CARMICHAEL THAT GAME
Who will ever forget this game and THAT try? Can you name the side from their nationalities? 7-Welsh, 3-English,4-Irish, 1-Scottish. WELSH- QUINNELL, BENNETT, BEVAN, DAVID, WILLIAMS, DAWES, EDWARDS. ENGLISH- DUCKHAM, PULLIN, WILKINSON. IRISH- GIBSON, SLATTERY, McBRIDE, McLOUGHLIN. SCOTTISH- CARMICHAEL TRY, TRY, AND TRY AGAIN An Irishman holds the Barbarians try-scoring record with 38 tries. Who is he? TONY O’REILLY The three top Scottish try scorers for the Barbarians are A.S, D.S. and A.I. Who are they? ARTHUR SMITH, DEREK STARK and ANDY IRVINE. BARBARIANS V AUSTRALIA January 24th, 1976. Barbarians 19 Australia 7. Can you name the team from their initials? Scotland- GB, SC, AI. GORDON BROWN, SANDY CARMICHAEL, ANDY IRVINE. Ireland- MG, FS. MIKE GIBSON, FERGUS SLATTERY England- PW. PETER WHEELER Wales- JW, PB, GD, MD, GE, TE, RG, MK, AM. JJ WILLIAMS, PHIL BENNETT, GERALD DAVIES, MERVYN DAVIES, GARETH EDWARDS, TREFOR EVANS, RAY GRAVELL, MIKE KNILL, ALAN MARTIN. MELROSE CENTENARY MATCH
Newspaper cutting from the game on October 4th. 1976. Who were the Scots in the Baa-Baas side? Their initials were MB, SC, AI, AL, DM, IM, AT, WW. MIKE BIGGAR, SANDY CARMICHAEL, ANDY IRVINE, ALAN LAWSON, DUNCAN MADSEN, IAN McGEECHAN, ALAN TOMES, BILL WATSON.
TWO BARBARIAN STARS
Who are these two stars? Who played more games for the Baa-Baas? ROB ANDREW and GAVIN HASTINGS. ROB ANDREW-6, GAVIN HASTINGS- 10 BARBARIANS GALLERIES
1. JOE ROKOCOKO
2. FERGUS SLATTERY
3. DAVID CAMPESE.
4. ANDY IRVINE 5. BRYAN HABANA