England v Barbarians Highlights Rugby Union

This is Gareth Edwards, a dramatic start.

Welcome to Twickenham, where England have one eye on the future as they

prepare to head off to Argentina without a host of star names, Eddie

Jones has chosen a raft of young players who could yet feature at the

next World Cup. But there is experience as well with the likes of

Chris Robshaw, Danny Care and Rob Ryan, they will need it, because

this Barbarians side is seriously strong, and we have Barbarians

weather as well, so there could be tries. Andy Robinson and Eddie

Butler mandating. COMMENTATOR: England on home turf to

face the Barbarians. Whether Eddie Jones has ever said party time on

the pitch is open to debate, but he has picked for the future, eight

uncapped players in the 15, five in the pack. Chris Robshaw is one of

the more experienced of the seven, and he is back as co-captain. Party

time as the Barbarians' motto. Keep your eye on Dusautoir, on a farewell

tour, and also Stefan Armitage. Serious subplots, but the main aim

is to entertain. Seven of the eight England replacements are uncapped,

only Richard Wigglesworth is capped. It is a Barbarians tradition to

leave room for the untested. WHISTLE

CHEERING Players from all over the world, but

Manchester is very much in everybody's thoughts. Today's

referee is Andy Brace, raised in Wales, lives in Ireland, and capped

the Belgium. The old mutual wealth cup is up for

grabs. The first catch of the game is made by ISA of Argentina.

Scrum-half for Fotuali'i of Bath and Samoa, and the Barbarians five

metres from their own line, and now ten metres. Ashley-Cooper, 100 test

caps for Australia. Fotuali'i kicks for the first of the

game. Good afternoon, Andy Robinson. Good afternoon. It is a perfect

match for the young England players to blend into the new systems they

are learning. Quick ball of the top Danny Care.

Charlie Ewels in the second row, with Isiekwe of Saracens. That is a

sign of the inexperience of the side there. Good defensive start of the

Barbarians. They are holding him up, bringing

him into touch, good defence. Trying to get it through the hands,

that was Steyn of South Africa. And altogether more serious duty for

Saracens. But the turnover ball for England.

Plays it quickly, and finds Mike Brown. He finds space with his boot.

He has worked it very well in the end, Alex Goode.

Absolute brilliant rugby there, playing for their own line. Nagusa

running out, this is one area England will have to watch.

I like to see them off-loading and running hard, I don't think we want

to see him kissing the ball. The line running across the field,

Jackson Wilton defending on the wing, and a great one-handed carry,

superb off-load, and look at the support load of the Barbarians. Adam

Ashley-Cooper, and eventually a high tackle ends the attack. But this is

true Barbarians rugby, great line, support play, they are anticipating

the line breaks. Already we see Madigan do the chip, great hands,

great vision. Kuechly taken. Isa staying on his feet. Fotuali'i

weights, and again, Madigan involved in the break-out.

Solid tackling by England on this occasion.

Good clear route work by the Barbarians. Dusautoir offering

himself. Good work for the Barbarians again, they are putting

their passes together neatly. And the length. One of the stars already

of the opening minutes, Nagusa. Hibberd waits, but it has come to

Nariashvili. Ashley-Cooper goes in to help with the clear route work.

They have already made two tackles, and in the end, working really hard

in the tackle contest to win the penalty. We are seeing that a lot

more from the wings, their ability to tackle hard in the breakdown.

George Ford, played in Wales for the Ospreys.

Here comes the Barbarians again, Johnston off-loading, Jeremy thrush

and support. And Madigan, and a chance, Isa goes on his own. They

are mixing it up, not always going wide, sometimes keeping it tight.

Nagusa, and the off-load, and Alex Goode just knocks on, and the

Barbarians denied for is. What England must get right, the

great off-loads, the great running, good pass. Unlucky on the off-load,

back inside, just knocks on. The Barbarians midfield drive hard, that

is a wonderful run, handy pick up play from Fotuali'i. Hibbard.

Steyn saw the danger coming and knew he had to take the contact. Census

Johnston arrives, it has gone forward to him. No, it hasn't. Flat.

Hibbard lets it go, and Adam Ashley-Cooper, and now then, this is

Nathan Earle. Earle has knocked it on, the Barbarians with a really

dangerous advantage here. Adam Ashley-Cooper was the man tracking

back. David in support, and way down to where Care is covering.

End-to-end stuff, getting their first chance to make

a, unfortunately knocked on in the process. It would appear that speed

is not going to be a problem for Nathan Earle. Adam Ashley-Cooper,

his opposite number. Dusautoir plays scrum-half.

Madigan, and Goode ships it on, but that is a good tackle. He is

defending really well, Nathan Earle. Barbarians have the right chance,

but just getting a little bit flat, so if you get off the line as Nathan

Earle does there, it puts pressure on the pass. The Barbarians need to

be attached deeper. Earle putting in a huge hit, great technique, great

line speed, and the outside Barbarians line players need to be a

little deeper to get that pass away. This time it works well enough.

The chasers are mesa And brown, and Nathan Earle has had an outstanding

start to the match and scores the first try. Cracking counter attack

from England, Jonny May making up for the earlier mistake, and that is

where we like to see him, running in space. He is so quick, finds the

outside channels. The outside England backs really working hard to

get behind the ball, and that gives them numbers on the outside, as you

see here. Good first pass from Haley, Earle getting a second touch,

and that is key to this. Brilliant passing from James to put him in.

Just a little straighten by Mike Haley meant there was extra space.

George Ford adds the two points. England 7-0 ahead.

Isiekwe was the one who won the line-out. That is an England ploy

that they have, whenever they are contesting at the back of a line-out

on the opposition's throw, they will put a back up.

Good to see Dylan Hartley there with Eddie Jones, sat together, captain

and coach. This to put England into double

figures. Only seven points in the first 27 minutes.

An area where George Ford days to improve at international level is

his goal-kicking. Another missed opportunity for him there.

Quicker ball for England. George Ford onto it. Sam James. Mike Brown

stays down, it's an advantage being played. And there might be an

incident of foul play. There was a late hit on Mike Brown there. I have

a flag. I didn't see where the contact was

made, you need to check whether contact was made. Take by who? It

was on 15. Ben White, the touch judge. Possible take-out by

Barbarians on white 15. Fru and goes through on Mike Brown -- Fruean. You

see there, he just follows through on the tackle without Mike getting

the ball. Here is another angle. Clearly taken off the ball. So

penalty only unless you can see otherwise. That is fine. If it is

given, it is going to be a penalty only. Wigglesworth warming up.

Taken out of the ball OK? Penalty over here. Or advantage, it's one or

the other. Mike Brown will have to go off for a

head injury assessment. Off goes the England fullback, on

comes Richard Wigglesworth. England with only two backs on their

bench. Mike Haley already on in the centre. Richard Wigglesworth, a

scrum-half, goes... Somewhere. George Ford... Has his sights

adjusted. England up to ten points. Hibbard on the 22. Dusautoir. Fruean

has dropped it. The Barbarians having to throw the

ball to the front of the line-out because of really good pressure by

England and that enables the England backline to get some good line

speed. Fruean knocks on in the tackle. England have done really

well in defence in this game. Not conceding, even with all the ball

Barbarians have had. George Ford on the left of the

screen relays his information to his two centres. Sam James and Mike

Haley. Doesn't really mean anything because

England have won themselves a penalty at the scrum. The England

front row working very well. Collier was going forward, Nariashvili

hinged to push into the floor. -- push him to the floor.

Good ball down for Care. James Comey Haley, working well, the sale

players. -- James, Haley, working well. It comes to George Ford, to

put the ball in behind Goode. Not too much of an advantage, so we will

have the penalty against Jeremy Thrush.

Well, it hasn't really caught by a yet, Andy. At first 20 minutes, the

Barbarians fantastic. They have run out of steam after 20 minutes and

the English defence, the work they have put in is really paying

dividends for them. What it has meant is the Barbarians have started

to get frustrated, giving a few penalties away in the tackle

contest, so I think England have had a really good half.

That is two out of three with his penalties, George Ford. England at

half time ago in with a healthy 13-0 lead.

Een Madigan, bound for Bristol next season, gets the second half under

way. Jonny May find himself quickly

position. -- in position. In the end, it was an important

tackle by Isa. Adam Ashley-Cooper goes back. And is tackled by Mike

Brown. Albacete opts against the kicker.

Lives it instead for Fruean. A big kick, too.

That trouble. There was a little bit of rain at half-time, just to

freshen up the pitch, make the ball a little slippery.

He saw that in the first couple of contacts that happen, because of the

rain cover the ball slips out of the hands. Carried in one hand in the

first half, now two hands on the ball. Haley trying to counter

attack, the ball is stripped and Nagusa straightaway, knock-on.

Fruean very busy in this opening sector. Alex Goode, Adam

Ashley-Cooper for the line. The slide should see him home. Try is

awarded. The try comes from the Nagusa

off-load. Managed to get on the outside, Fruean with a really good

handoff, gets the ball to Goode. The timing of the pass is exquisite.

Nathan Earle does his best to get back. Ashley-Cooper scores in the

corner. Really good hands. Friended by Fruean.

Watch there, really good handoff, two hands on the ball, gets the

passer way, Goode exemplary with the timing of the pass.

Madigan curls it in sweetly. England's lead cut to 13-7. For the

Barbarians, on comes big Joe Tekori. Genge couldn't quite time it. He had

up. There. -- he had a full start. Fotuali'i has tackle brilliantly for

Baffle year. The Barbarians trying to give the ball away. -- for Bath

all year. Eddie Jones hoping to seeing them get their attacking

phases much better, a little sharper and Danny Care straightaway

executing two very good passes. Look at this pass now, really flat,

bringing Ford onto the ball, bringing Beaumont over the gain

line. Brits to throw. The new hooker finds

his target, Madigan. Joe Tekori, fresh on the field. It

came loose and it's gone to Jeremy Thrush. And there will be a check,

no doubt. The black and white shirts are celebrating. Go ahead, Andy. I

just want to check if five has lost that forward. Just checking if the

ball went forward. It looks to me like the ball has

gone backwards. Show that one again, slightly

different. The ball doesn't actually hit the

floor, it is an England knee that knocked it up. It looks to me like

he has lost control of the ball. Has it gone forward before it hits?

Here is the other angle, Andy. It goes to ground, he has lost the ball

now. I just want to check if he has lost control backwards. Just showing

you hear, Andy. The ball does go forward before it hits the knee of

the England player, so scrum to white. Control of the ball lost, and

it went forward before it hit the England knee. Vern Cotter shakes his

head ruefully. Jeremy Thrush denied. The Barbarians are starting to bring

their forwards into the game, going over the gain line.

Just lost control for us, so scrum white. Real powerful carry their

from Tekori. That took a bit of time to get

going, but the England maul is shifting, and Genge comes away. Now

it is George Ford. A very good kick, a slight groan when it went off his

boot, but England make 50 metres. His kicking out of hand has been

exemplary. What a way to executing your own half, a powerful maul,

Robshaw working hard, great pass, and Ford finding the space,

brilliant kick. That is very well taken by Isa,

because England read that one. Will Jonny May... ? No, he won't.

Too far into touch for him to catch and go quickly.

WP Nel comes onto the field, and he has been a long time out of the

game, South African name, South African accent, Scottish

international, and very good. And part of the Barbarians operation

put in turnover. Jeremy Forrest worked really hard on that ball. A

bit of niggle coming into the game as England try to tighten up, you

can set Tekori they're getting a bit aggressive. Eddie Jones likes a bit

of feistiness in his team, and to see Tom Curry standing his ground is

good to see. Free kick to England, WP Nel, and it continues. The

Bristol boy never far from it. He has played really well. Genge is

getting in the faces of the Barbarians team, because he is

winning the inches in the scrum. Using his left arm to push backwards

and the free kick. England want to keep it confrontational, they go for

the scrummage. Genge against WP Nel, and it is

another free kick, but more than that, it's a yellow card. Number

one, of. It is Nariashvili who is off for ten, the referee clearly

frustrated. He doesn't believe it is his fault.

Your team is not working with me, that is the reason why he has just

left the field. It has gone wrong for England at their attacking

line-out. Fotuali'i goes for touch. Always disappointing when you kick

to the corner, and you turn the line-out.

Jackson Wilton throws, and it is an overthrow. Stephane Robert itch but

a boot to it, -- Stefan Armitage gets a boot to it, goes a long way

around, takes a ride. Ford waiting for it, and that has

gone forward, and it is a chance for Nagusa. Mike Haley goes back, Nagusa

in hot pursuit, but there has been a foot in touch, so we go back. No

advantage. Will Collier comes out so from that

contact. That was a bit unfortunate for Nagusa, just wondering where is

the foot into. He is all right there. Went much then he puts a foot

into touch, doesn't he? He does, through and targeting the ball, he

has not put his foot in touch, he is a bit frustrated by that, but Haley

had got back and stop try anyhow. Singleton throws. Hayes catches.

Goode with the kick. And Earle so close, so close. Nagusa just flew

off the line to target Ford. He got into the spring position, and we

watch it here. He hurls himself of the line to stop what was

potentially a trifle England. Great technique from him as well. Just

keeps him going backwards, penalty to the Barbarians.

Not just the thump of the boot, a little from the mouth as well, he

has been warned by the referee. To back to gets the ball away.

England have changed their hooker, it is Ashley-Cooper against Mike

Brown and it has gone loose. Inches away from a fantastic score. That

would have been the catch of the year. Eyes on the ball for both

players. It looks like Brown does enough just to distract him.

The charge by Marc Wilson, safe delivery back to George Ford, and a

bit of pressure. Ford safely there. And support from

Wilson. England around the halfway line not

really getting far beyond it. And it has gone scrappy, they are a bit

further back into their own half. Still their for Danny Kerry.

Alex Goode beats the first man, good pass as well. Good, Madigan, Nagusa.

Oh, brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Steyn loses his footing, he has the

power to make the ball available. The steel is good, says the referee,

Danny Care, Jonny May, still going. George Ford, Charlie Ewels. And

Isiekwe scores on his first big outing in an England shirt. A

brilliant turnover from Tom Curry. And from that turnover, ten seconds

later, they just had to wait for Isiekwe to get under the posts.

England's Chase was really good. Just watch Curry in the tackle

contest, Ford able to stop Steyn again, and look at Curry, he has got

hold of the ball and that is why the referee allows him to play it.

Really good technique, he is strong with his legs, affects the turnover

from the two second rows, they didn't try to score. The Barbarians

were very unhappy that the referee didn't go and have another look at

it, but 23-7. But it's not a straight swap at

scrum-half. Nathan Earle comes off. The uncapped number eight, Gal on.

Rare possession in the second half, Madigan, advantage being played.

Adam Ashley-Cooper, brilliant pass. It is a penalty to the Barbarians.

How unlucky was Danny Kaye. He saw the past coming, just couldn't get

two plans to it. That is the second penalty from you.

Discipline here. George McGuigan had a second ticking off. Are we going

to see a Barbarians move here? Looks like it. It hasn't gone very far.

The counter ruck by England is ferocious. Piernaar. And again.

Scott Brick, back to Piernaar, not gone to England.

Brits to Piernaar. No advantage. Definitely no advantage for him,

just back from injury and bundled out of the way. England are really

showing their fitness and credit to Paul in the way he has called this

defence to work together, young players coming in, working to get

back to their feet, they are hunting tackles, that is what England pride

themselves on. Penalty against the new England

front row. Another little trick, or...? No. The

corner, or as close as the line-out can be, five metres out.

They go along. And it has come down Vea Jeremy Thrush. Dusautoir and his

last but one game. Joe Tekori drives and is over. The trick play used in

the line-out again. To Cory gets a really good off-load, the pass from

Dusautoir. Madigan takes no time at all to convert the try.

Lovely to see the great work of Dusautoir. A great stalwart to lose

rugby and there he is, getting the ball to to Cory. -- to Joe Tekori.

England have two and a half minutes to hold out. They do have this

9-point cushion. Can the Barbarians score one more?

Dusautoir picks up the pass. Down it comes from Madigan.

It comes to an England player. Taken on by Chris Robshaw. Will Spencer

drives it on. England have the penalty. Richard Wigglesworth will

not take it quickly. Not always been the happiest place

for England to go with a penalty kick. It hasn't but it is a great

opportunity to score with the ball. Charlie yours has had a good game,

the second row. -- Macron. They have a spare scrum-half, Danny

Care wearing nine. Knock-on. Chance for the Barbarians to break out in

style. Tom Currie, what a good game Currie

has had. Chris Robshaw, ex-captain and

current co-captain. Penalty advantage. Five seconds of normal

time. No time left. England, though, will score again through Danny Care.

Finishing as winger, started scrum-half. England have ruled the

second half and complete the win in style with a try by Danny Care.

England's third try coming from a turnover. And from that, a great tip

on pass from Curry to Ford-Robinson, carrying strongly. The Barbarians

defence in disarray. And Ford just times his pass perfectly for Care,

his half-back partner to score in the corner. England, whilst they

haven't attacked as well from the set piece, their counterattacking,

where their three tries have come, has been exceptional and it has come

about through really good defence. Good passing, the attitude to

counterattack, move the ball, and that is where England have found the

defensive weaknesses of the Barbarians team. Eddie Jones and the

England players every reason to be happy with the result. George Ford,

last kick of the game. Doesn't matter. The final whistle goes and

England have beaten the Barbarians 28-14. Three tries for England, two

for the Barbarians. A scratch side against a scratch side played in

difficult conditions in the second half, but every reason for Eddie

Jones and the England side to head off on tour with spirits high.

Confirmation of the final We were playing against a much

bigger, athletic team than us and so we needed to play a very smart game

of rugby and we adapted that really well and, you know, the players

showed plenty of character, they hung in there, guys who haven't

played much rugby today. The hooker Singleton has hardly played for

Worcester, played 60 minutes today. That was a serious looking the

Barbarians team. A little bit frustrated we couldn't see more from

them? The game started off at a real place and we had two opportunities

and if we'd score does, it may have been different. There wasn't too

much in it, really. The players came off feeling a little bit frustrated,

they felt they could have done better or perhaps weren't allowed to

do better but I was really happy with the way they put in the full

effort. I have been really impressed with everyone who has come into

camp, where it 18 or early 30s, everyone has got involved and it is

a good environment to come in to and some of these guys, they have been

playing well in the Premiership and have waited for this opportunity and

I'm sure a couple more will again in two weeks 40 tyre, will to really

impress and embraced the opportunity. Suddenly feel a bit old

when there are teenagers on the pitch? I did earlier in the week,

good to see a couple of the older faces back.

Chris Robshaw your back -- Upshaw back at Twickenham as captain for

the first time since world cup, how has he carried himself? He has been

massively influential, him and George. Even before we announce them

as co-captain is, they were doing their job and that is what you want,

guys to step up to the mark and accept responsibility. How hard is

it a focus on England when you could be one injury away from a possible

Lions call-up? We have dealt with that and spoken about that. All of

our attention is here with England, we are going to play for England and

not worry about anything else. How impressed we with the England

side, given her younger it was and the depth of talent available to

Eddie Jones? They have done a good job and the strength in depth is

impressive. Those boys will be happy with that and pushing for World Cup

positions in two years, but it makes Eddie's job a little bit harder.

Look at the talent coming through for England in terms of selection,

you are spoilt for choice, aren't you? Not really, that is what we

want, we want pressure. I want those Lions boys looking over their

shoulder and thinking if we don't keep improving, they will have my

spot. How optimistic that this young side can go to Argentina away from

home, against the Pumas, and win a test series? We know it is going to

be tough but we are preparing to win 2-0. We have to be abrasive and

convert it and we will be there. Given the talent available to this

Barbarians team, this was a true test of this young England side and

it stood up really well. Andy Robinson has come down from his

commentary position to join me. Who really stood out feel of these young

players, eight uncapped players starting for England? I thought they

all had positives in their games. Nathan Earle started really well

defensively, scored a very good try, he really looked the part. Tom Curry

coming off the bench, for him to put in the performance and get the man

in the match was exceptional. A lot of the good young players, Collier

in the front row stood out ready well, with Singleton, they all did

their jobs, but most importantly for me was the way they played as a team

and I think for all of them, they didn't look out of place in an

England shirt and that is credit personally to the way Paul has put

them together defensively but also credit to the Premiership, because

these young players have been playing in the Premiership and

plying their trade at their clubs and showing they have the skills to

play at international level. As a back row yourself, disappointed to

see more of Sam Underhill? Great things are expected of him. It is

tough on Sam Underhill, a lot has been said about him and Richard Hill

has said what a very good player he is. Three or four really good

tackles today, big hits that are going on, but he picked an injury a

band he picked it up because of his tackling technique. He fires into

the tackle and he is pretty reckless sometimes in the way he hits and he

has to be careful he made sure he gets the technique spot on because

if he misses just like it, you will get the injuries he picks up, the

shoulder injury today. How difficult is it that the senior players right

now, the likes of Chris Robshaw, knowing they could be an injury away

from a possible Lions call-up? Use all the way they played today, it

was exemplary, the way they led the team. That is credit to the

leadership that Eddie Jones is developing but also to those

players. The Barbarians game, having had a long season, do they really

want to play? Yes, they do and the way they stepped up and performed,

Robshaw, the way he led and enabled the other players to perform

coveting the unseen work and George Ford, his kicking out of hand and

some of the attacks he set off were very good, so overall, please with

the leadership. And that these players, they are playing for

England, they have dreams of playing for England and want of a playing

well and there is competition for places, they have to play well and

they are bringing through the next generation. Fantastic they can play

in the way they did. A word about George Ford fly-half. In this exact

fixture a year ago, he had a very difficult afternoon. You made of the

way he has mature over the 12 months? He put himself under

pressure by missing an early kick and credit to him, he came through

it by with three or four really good kicks after that and that is where

he has to tighten up at international level, he has to make

those kicks. For him to be a world-class fly-half, his kicking

out of hand is the best in the world currently but his goal-kicking is

the area he has got to make sure he is bailing those tough kicks. The

Barbarians at Twickenham is one thing, what about this young England

team facing the Pumas on their own patch? How difficult is that going

to be? One of the areas players won't know a lot is who they are

playing against. Today, most of the players they knew and how skilful

they work. Most of the Argentinian players, it is a fantastic country

to play rugby, Argentina. It is an amateur game, the way the player

game, the spirit is all there and they are, they have some really

powerful forwards but also some quick, skilful backs so it is a

really good mix. Actually, I toured Argentina in 1990, loved every

minute of it and I have been back three or four times coaching with

England and Scotland and it's a brilliant place to go and play, but

beware, because the Pumas are tremendous in the way they play the

game. When the crowd gets behind them, they are sensational to watch

and England will have to defend as well as they did today to win the

two games. How much will this tour have added edge given these two

teams were recently done together for the World Cup in 2019? There

will be real edge, one team has to get the bragging rights. They will

be testing each other out. England not going with a full squad, they

will learn a lot about Argentina and how to play in Argentina. I am

looking forward to see how the players grow together playing test

match rugby. It is OK playing the Barbarians but test rugby against a

very proud nation, it will be exciting to see how they perform.

The England squad for that tour to Argentina is named tomorrow and Andy

Robinson will be part of our team for those two games, both of which

you can see live on BBC Two. Coverage of the first test is on

Saturday the 10th of June. And you can spin the Bank Holiday Monday

catching up with a best of the action from the the Diamond League.

Mo Farah amongst those in action. That is followed straight afterwards

by golf, with highlights from the PGA championship at Wentworth, also

on BBC Two. England might have established players away with the

Lions, but the next generation are snapping at their heels. Goodbye for

now. We need to trap the beast

which killed him.