Wales v Barbarians

Date:

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Attendance: 62,138

Wales v Barbarians Match Reports

Wayne Pivac celebrated his first game in charge of Wales with a 43-33 win over the Barbarians as Warren Gatland's return to Cardiff ended in defeat. Wales scored six tries but they had to withstand a second-half fightback by the Barbarians who trailed 33-7 at one point. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v Barbarians - Match Stats

Wales: (19) 43
Try: Adams (7, 47), McNicholl (35), Owens (39, 44), Davies (62)
Conversion: Halfpenny (8, 40, 45, 48, 63)
Penalty: Halfpenny (78)

Barbarians: (7) 33
Try: Strauss (24), Bosch (55), Stevenson (59), Millar (64), Samu (67)
Conversion: Bosch (25, 60, 65, 68)

Man of the match: Wyn Jones (Wales)


Wales v Barbarians - Team Line-ups

Wales Team

Forwards

  • 1 Wyn Jones
  • 2 Ken Owens
  • 3 Dillon Lewis
  • 4 Jake Ball
  • 5 Adam Beard
  • 6 Aaron Shingler
  • 7 Justin Tipuric (Captain)
  • 8 Aaron Wainwright

Backs

  • 9 Tomos Williams
  • 10 Jarrod Evans
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Hadleigh Parkes
  • 13 Owen Watkin
  • 14 Johnny McNicholl
  • 15 Leigh Halfpenny

Replacements

  • 16 Elliot Dee
  • 17 Rob Evans
  • 18 Leon Brown
  • 19 Seb Davies
  • 20 Ollie Griffiths
  • 21 Gareth Davies
  • 22 Sam Davies
  • 23 Owen Lane​

Barbarians Team

Forwards

  • 1 Campese Maafu
  • 2 Rory Best (Captain)
  • 3 Wiehahn Herbst
  • 4 Luke Jones
  • 5 Tyler Ardron
  • 6 Pete Samu
  • 7 Marco Van Staden
  • 8 Josh Strauss

Backs

  • 9 Bryn Hall
  • 10 Curwin Bosch
  • 11 Cornal Hendricks
  • 12 Andre Esterhuizen
  • 13 Mathieu Bastareaud
  • 14 Dillyn Leyds
  • 15 Shaun Stevenson

Replacements

  • 16 Schalk Brits
  • 17 Craig Millar
  • 18 Hencus Van Wyk
  • 19 George Biagi
  • 20 Angus Cottrell
  • 21 Jano Vermaak
  • 22 Billy Meakes
  • 23 Matt Duffie