Rugby with the Barbarians - A great selection of Barbarian rugby memorabilia, collectables & gifts including, programmes, books, jerseys, autographs, photographs, postcards,  badges, prints, tickets, etc, scroll down the page to view. 

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Penarth v Barbarians 1970 programme, 3 autographs on back cover including Nigel Starmer-Smith.

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The Barbarians are a rugby club which brings together players from different clubs and countries to play a few matches each year. The club is renowned for it's attacking & adventurous style of rugby. Entertainment and enjoyment are top of the agenda, fast flowing attractive rugby without the pressure of having to win. The Barbarians or Baa-Baas as they are popularly known have played in over 25 countries and the players can hail from any club or country. The only criteria for a player to receive an invitation to become a Barbarian is that they play a good standard of rugby and their conduct both on and off the field is exemplary. Founded in 1890 by W Percy Carpmael the club toured regularly throughout Britain playing against club and provincial sides. In 1948 a fixture was arranged with the touring Wallabies to raise funds for the visitors to travel home via Canada. The end of tour match then became a permanent fixture for the major touring sides to the British Isles. Some of the greatest games ever have included the Barbarians, a capacity crowd witnessed the match against South Afrrica in 1961 where the tourists were unbeaten until they met a determined Barbarian XV and who can forget Gareth Edwards try in probably the greatest match ever as the Barbarians defeated Ian Kirkpatrick's All Blacks. The Barbarians are a team that all rugby fans can identify with, no matter which club or country they follow.     

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 The member's cards / fixture lists listed below are official Barbarians issue, normally only available to Barbarians committee, former & current players. Illustrated is the card for 1947-8. Featured in the cards are fixtures, a list of officers with contact details, list of members & rules.

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THE GREAT GAME AND THAT FAMOUS TRY

Barbarians 23 - New Zealand 11, 27th January 1973, a game that will live in the minds of many as the greatest rugby match there ever was. Myself included ! At the age of 12 we were late getting into the ground, we had South Enclosure tickets and being quite small we managed to squeeze our way onto the steps coming down from the South Stand. This was my first visit to the Arms Park for a major international or touring match and I couldn't believe how jam packed the actual stadium was. The game had already started so we settled ourselves down on the steps, I looked up to see the All Blacks kick ahead and Phil Bennett pick up the ball in his own 25, he started sidestepping All Blacks and the rest is history, with Edwards scoring in the corner right under our noses. Watching a playback of that try still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, even after about the 200th + time, this happens at the same point every time, just before Bryan Williams kicks the ball. If you shut your eyes at this point and listen not to Cliff Morgan but only to the crowd, you get the feeling of what it was like to be there, turn up the volume to full at this point and hear the general crowd noise, then on Benny beating two players, you have the first roar, then 5 different higher levels of 'roaring' ending with Edwards in the corner. An incredible thing to witness, something I'll never forget.

But this try was not the only highlight of the game, what was nearly the second greatest try but for a forward pass would have been scored by John Dawes. In a move started by JPR Williams, a quick switch with David Duckham who's run is one of the most breathtaking ever seen, in this run he executed a sidestep and a simultaneous dummy followed by a change of pace that left the New Zealanders wide eyed in astonishment. The move includes a deft chip for the corner by Derek Quinnell which was charged down into the hands of a grateful Gareth Edwards, the move ended with John Dawes catching the ball with his fingertips and falling over the line and in the words of Cliff Morgan "brilliant......but.... but....but.... it was forward"  

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Overall condition: very good - Noted faults: none identified

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F Trott (Cardiff and Wales), K Mullen (Old Belvedere and Ireland), I C Henderson (Edinburgh Academicals and Scotland), M F Turner (Blackheath), W I D Elliot (Edinburgh Academicals and Scotland), S V Perry (Cambridge University and England), W E Tamplin (Cardiff and Wales), H Walker (Coventry and England), C B Holmes (Manchester and England), J Mycock (Sale and England), H Tanner (Cardiff and Wales), H A Haigh Smith, Secretary (Barbarians), E de Lissa, President (Barbarians), H L Glyn Hughes, Treasurer (Barbarians), T A Kemp (Richmond and England), B L Williams (Cardiff and Wales), W B Cleaver (Cardiff and Wales), M R Steele-Bodges (Edinburgh University and England)

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GE Jones, MJ Lane, GW Norton, H de Lacy, WD McKee, DH Keller, JH Steeds, BL Williams, JAR Macphail, CB van Ryneveld, MJ Berridge, LJ Griffin, FW Williams, J MacG K Kendall-Carpenter, JS McCarthy, WB Holmes, RD Agar, BH Travers, JE Nelson, JA Gwilliam, GA Wilson, DWC Smith, TW Price, VG Roberts, OL Owen, ABP Roberts, CR Hopwood, JD Clinch, H Waddell, HLG Hughes, E de Lissa, HA Haigh Smith, MP Atkinson, DR Gent, A Wemyss, H Greeson, JP Jordan. K Mullen, MR Steele-Bodger, LFL Oakley, GH Sullivan, Glyn Davies, JW Kyle, PB Reeve, FM Fletcher.

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GE Jones, FD Sykes, FG Griffiths, RC Bazley, I King, MC Thomas, JD Robins, EMP Hardy, JH Smith, R Roe, P Kavanagh, R Kavanagh, JP Jordan, DR Gent, DT Wilkins, W Woodgate, MJ Berridge, JE Nelson, JRG Stephens, ER John, SJ Adkins, A Forward, BM Gray, RCC Thomas, OL Owen, D Marsden Jones, T Wallace, WE Crawford, H Waddell, HLG Hughes, HA Haigh Smith, MR Steele Bodger, CR Hopwood, VGJ Jenkins, A Wemyss, JH Henderson, DM Davies, DW Shuttleworth, M Regan, KM Spence, J Butterfield.

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E Lewis, G Windsor-Lewis, J V Pullin, W J McBride, R M Wilkinson, D L Quinnell, A B Carmichael, D J Duckham, G Domerceq, D O Spyer, G Edwards, C M H Gibson, H L Glyn-Hughes, S J Dawes, H Waddell, J Bevan, R J McLoughlin, J F Slattery, T P David, P Bennett, J P R Williams. 

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Barbarians v Australia 22nd February 1958 match programme & ticket plus original match reports by Viv Jenkins, Pat Marshall & Bleddyn Williams, the programme has some creasing while the ticket is complete and in very good condition.  

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Llanelli v Barbarians 2nd November 1965 match programme & ticket plus original match report from the Western mail, the programme has some creasing while the ticket is complete. 

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