The Australian Barbarians, nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational
rugby union
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team which has been a major part of Australian rugby since the team was founded in 1957. The club is based in Australia.
[ The idea came from the concept of the ]Barbarian F.C.
The Barbarian Football Club, known as the Barbarians is a British-based invitational rugby union club. The Barbarians play in black and white hoops, though players wear socks from their own club strip. Membership is by invitation. As of 2011, p ...
formed in Britain in 1890.[
]
Results
Matches against international teams only. The listing may be incomplete.
Notes:
Trial matches against the
Australian Under-20 side,
[ and other age-group teams, to assist in their preparation for international tournaments have also been played by the Australian Barbarians Rugby Club,][ but these results are not listed here.
The Australian Barbarians team was nominated by the ARU as the second national team to play two matches against England in 2010.][ As such, it was essentially Australia A by another name for the 2010 England tour. The Australian Barbarians also played a pre-World Cup friendly against in 2011.][
Players from the ]National Rugby Championship
The National Rugby Championship, known as NRC, was an Australian rugby union competition. It was contested by eight teams, seven from Australia and one from Fiji. The tournament ran from 2014 until 2019 before being disbanded in 2020 following t ...
that were not contracted for Super Rugby
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were selected to play against a New Zealand side chosen from the Heartland Championship
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.
Current squad
Former players
See also
* Brussels Barbarians
*Fiji Barbarians The Fiji Barbarians is a Fijian former rugby union representative team that played in the Pacific Rugby Cup from 2006 to 2010. The other Fijian team in the Cup was the Fiji Warriors. The players were drawn from the Fijian domestic competitions.
The ...
*French Barbarians
The Barbarian Rugby Club, more commonly known as the French Barbarians, is a rugby union team formed in 1979 and based in France. It was founded as an amateur invitational team modeled on the Barbarian F.C.
From the start of the 2017–18 season, ...
*New Zealand Barbarians
The New Zealand Barbarians, nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", are an invitational rugby union team. They have been a part of New Zealand rugby since the team was founded in 1937 by two ex-All Blacks, Ronald Bush and Hubert McLean, who captained their fi ...
*South African Barbarians
South African Barbarians is an invitational rugby union club styled along the lines of Barbarian F.C. It was formed in 1960 by Frank Mellish, the former 1951–52 Springbok selector and manager, together with former Natal Rugby Union President, ...
References
External links
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{{Rugby union in Australia
Barbarian F.C.
International rugby union teams
Barbarians
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Rugby clubs established in 1957
1957 establishments in Australia