Wales 49-26 Barbarians
Date:
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Attendance: 53,271
Wales v Barbarians Match Reports
Wales bade farewell to Alun Wyn Jones, Justin Tipuric and Leigh Halfpenny with a 49-26 victory over the Barbarians at the Principality Stadium. Alun Wyn Jones scored a try for the Barbarians and collected the man of the match award in an entertaining fixture played in front of a 53,000 crowd. Leigh Halfpenny kicked a faultless five conversions in his final appearance for Wales. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Much-capped Wales trio given rousing send-off in victory over Barbarians
- BBC: Leigh Halfpenny and Alun Wyn Jones score on fond farewell
- Daily Mail: Alun Wyn Jones signs off with try as he bids farewell in style alongside Justin Tipuric and Leigh Halfpenny
- Sky Sports: Wales 49-26 victory over Barbarians gives retiring legends fitting farewell in Cardiff
- Wales Online: A fitting farewell for three legends as Wales' star in the making shows glimpse of future
- WRU: Leigh bows out on a high as AWJ steal MOM award
Wales v Barbarians - Match Highlights
Wales v Barbarians - Match Stats
Wales (21) 49
Try: Lake (3'), Rogers (30'), Costelow (37'), Plumtree (56'), Wainwright (64'), Hardy (79', 80'+2)
Conversion: Halfpenny (4', 31', 38', 57', 66'), Evans (80', 80'+2)
Barbarians (5) 26
Try: Kuruvoli (12', 47'), Jones (49'), T Hooper (74')
Conversion: Sanchez (47', 50'), Donaldson (75')
Man of the match: Alun Wyn Jones (Barbarians)
Wales v Barbarians - Team Line-ups
Wales Team
Forwards
- 1 Corey Domachowski
- 2 Dewi Lake
- 3 Lloyd Fairbrother
- 4 Ben Carter
- 5 Adam Beard
- 6 Dan Lydiate
- 7 Jac Morgan (Captain)
- 8 Aaron Wainwright
Backs
- 9 Tomos Williams
- 10 Sam Costelow
- 11 Rio Dyer
- 12 Johnny Williams
- 13 George North
- 14 Tom Rogers
- 15 Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
- 16 Elliot Dee
- 17 Nicky Smith
- 18 Harri O’Connor
- 19 Teddy Williams
- 20 Taine Plumtree
- 21 Kieran Hardy
- 22 Cai Evans
- 23 Mason Grady
Barbarians Team
Forwards
- 1 Joe Moody (New Zealand)
- 2 Tevita Ikanivere (Fiji)
- 3 Taniela Tupou (Australia)
- 4 Rob Leota (Australia)
- 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain, Wales)
- 6 Justin Tipuric (Wales)
- 7 Michael Hooper (Australia)
- 8 Rob Valetini (Australia)
Backs
- 9 Simione Kuruvoli (Fiji)
- 10 Nicolas Sanchez (Argentina)
- 11 Selestino Ravutaumada (Fiji)
- 12 Izaia Perese (Australia)
- 13 Len Ikitau (Australia)
- 14 Shaun Stevenson (New Zealand)
- 15 Ilasia Droasese (Fiji)
Replacements
- 16 Angus Bell (Australia)
- 17 Asafo Aumua (New Zealand)
- 18 Peni Ravai (Fiji)
- 19 Aaron Shingler (Wales)
- 20 Tom Hooper (Australia)
- 21 Lautaro Bazan Velez (Argentina)
- 22 Ben Donaldson (Australia)
- 23 Andrew Kellaway (Australia)