Well Barbarians or not, that was a shambles from an England perspective.
Even an England team with sone key players unavailable should be able to beat a team that met in the car park and are coached by a tier 2 club coach rather than ship a bucket load of tries.
EJ building a team to win the next RWC? No way - I always suspected he was an Aussie Trojan Horse.
Eng vs Barbarians
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Re: Eng vs Barbarians
Nowadays referees decide matches, players by how much.
Re: Eng vs Barbarians
Harsh on Lam, G.K, plus a core of that Barbarians team were from Toulon so knew each other quite well already, and the others had a full-on two weeks to train. Your point is correct but it's overly exaggerated.
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Re: Eng vs Barbarians
Obviously Lam is a decent coach but the simple fact is that just over one year out from the RWC England should be better than they were. They are now on a 4 game losing streak, which could easily become 7 after the trip to SA.
Nowadays referees decide matches, players by how much.