Crusaders Team v French Barbarians

Wurzel

That's about the standard strength of a Super Rugby squad for a June hit-out. Hardly surprising.

taniwharugby

hope Macilai doesn't injure himself getting to the game, getting changed, warming up or some other way other than playing rugby.

Stargazer

@wurzel Yep, not surprising to us, but expect French rugby fans taking offence haha. At least, they'll win a game in June and probably win it big.

Rapido

Are the French Barbarians also playing any other games?

Will their team include any tourists from the official French team?

Rapido

Coxon was good last years U20 JWC. Has he played any NPC yet?

Stargazer

@rapido said in Crusaders Team v French Barbarians:

Coxon was good last years U20 JWC. Has he played any NPC yet?

I think he's played about 2 games for Ta$man last year.

Bovidae

Coxon was back playing some club rugby for Hautapu earlier in the season.

I'm interested to see how Poihipi goes. He was the Hamilton BHS captain a couple of years back and trialled for the NZ U20s this year.

Chris

@rapido He may push for a Crusaders contract still need to replace Wyatt Crocket for 2019

Chris

@bovidae Poihipi has also made the Canterbury wider training squad to play the Allblacks in the 3 Halves game on August 10

Rapido

@chris said in Crusaders Team v French Barbarians:

@rapido He may push for a Crusaders contract still need to replace Wyatt Crocket for 2019

He's a THP though isn't he?

Chris

@rapido He is but James Ryan is trying to make the young props versatile he has around the Crusaders system

Billy Tell

@stargazer said in Crusaders Team v French Barbarians:

French Barbarians:

1 Antoine Tichit (Castres Olympique), 2 Julien Marchand (Stade Toulousain), 3 Emerick Setiano (RC Toulon), 4 Florian Verhaeghe(Stade Toulousain), 5 Thomas Jolmes (Stade Rochelais), 6 Judicaël Cancoriet (ASM Clermont Auvergne), 7 François Cros (capt; Stade Toulousain), 8 Baptiste Pesenti (Section Paloise)
9 Alexis Bales (Stade Rochelais), 10 Jean-Marc Doussain (Stade Toulousain), 11 Djibril Camara (Stade Français Paris), 12 Pierre Fouyssac (SU Agen), 13 Damian Penaud (Clermont), 14 Armand Battle (Castres Olympique), 15 Julien Dumora (Castres Olympique)

Reserves:
16 Quentin Lespiaucq (Section Paloise), 17 Quentin Bethune (SU Agen), 18 Swan Rebbadj (RC Toulon), 19 Patrick Sobela (US Oyonnax), 20 Yoan Tanga Mangene (SU Agen), 21 Thibault Daubagna (Section Paloise), 22 Arthur Retière (Stade Rochelais), 23 Dorian Aldegheri (Stade Toulousain)

Barbarians Français : La composition pour les Crusaders
Les Tricolores seront emmenés par François Cros, promu capitaine pour l'occasion. Le troisième ligne toulousain pourra également compter sur Judicaël Cancoriet et Djibril Camara, qui ont quitté le XV de France pour rejoindre les Baa-baas. 
That last sentence means that these two players have come out of the French first XV squad to join the French Baabaas.

@Rapido Yes, the French Barbarians will play the Highlanders next week in Invercargill.

Ah Jean-Marc Doussain. He of “first cap with 5 minutes to go in a tense RWC final” fame.

Duluth

Shitty crowd. They should of put this game in Ta$man

taniwharugby

the 8, Baptiste Pesenti out cold hitting his head on the hip of someone as he went to tackle them.

Crucial

@taniwharugby said in Crusaders Team v French Barbarians:

the 8, Baptiste Pesenti out cold hitting his head on the hip of someone as he went to tackle them.

Obviously the owner of the hip lined up his head deliberately in a callous move designed to take advantage of the leniency afforded to NZ teams.

cgrant

score ?

ploughboy

28-14 to crusaders

Nepia

@cgrant said in Crusaders Team v French Barbarians:

score ?

28-14 at half time. To Crusaders.

I didn't even know it was on in Oz, but was checking the channels while watching the Warriors and saw it was being shown.

Chris B.

Crusaders kids looking good - apart from their defense of the lineout drive.

Baabaas have a lineout drive - haven't shown a lot else.

Strange, Blackadder, Drummond, Delaney and Hunt among the best for the Crusaders.

Stargazer

@nepia said in Crusaders Team v French Barbarians:

@cgrant said in Crusaders Team v French Barbarians:

score ?

28-14 at half time. To Crusaders.

I didn't even know it was on in Oz, but was checking the channels while watching the Warriors and saw it was being shown.

Should have checked http://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/232098

The Silver Fern

Crusaders Team v French Barbarians