La Rosa inglese punge i Barbarians 57 a 26

A Twickenham una Inghilterra a metà (non c’erano i giocatori di Harlequins e Leicester impegnati ieri nella finalissima di Premiership) ha travolto i Barbarians di John Kirwan. Mattatore è stato Chris Ashton con tre marcature.

For England:
Tries: Ashton 3, Hartley, Joseph 2, Wade, Wigglesworth
Cons: Farrell 7
Pen: Farrell

For Barbarians:
Tries: Muliaina 2, Taele-Pavihi, Tindall
Cons: Contepomi, Donald 2

England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Christian Wade, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Phil Dowson (c), 7 Carl Fearns, 6 Tom Johnson, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Paul Doran Jones, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Matt Stevens.
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 Joe Launchbury, 19 Jamie Gibson, 20 Richard Wigglesworth, 21 Jonathan Joseph, 22 Alex Goode.

Barbarians: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Mike Tindall, 11 Ian Balshaw, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Rory Lawson, 8 Akapusi Qera, 7 John Beattie, 6 Ernst Joubert, 5 Anton van Zyl, 4 Mark Chisholm, 3 John Afoa, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Neemia Tialata.
Replacements: 16 Benoit August, 17 Duncan Jones, 18 Pelu Taele, 19 Raphael Lakafia, 20 Jerome Fillol, 21 Felipe Contepomi, 22 Sailosi Tagicakibau.

Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)