Six Welsh based players helped the Barbarians continue their preparations for their summer calendar of Internationals by beating Bedford Blues 43 v 35 in the 84th Mobbs Memorial Match at Goldington Road.
James Loxton (Cardiff Blues), Craig Hawkins, Adam Powell (both Llanelli), Gareth McCarthy, Ross Davies and Euros Evans (all Neath) represented the invitational side who battled back from a half-time deficit to take the hours at the final whistle.
It was the second victory of the season for the famous club side following their 45 v 36 triumph over Richmond a week earlier.
The Barbarians travel to Cardiff on Saturday June 4 to face Wales in a game which will celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Welsh Rugby Union.
Neath duo McCarthy and Evans starred in the victory, McCarthy having more than a helping hand in two of the tries while second-row Euros Evans capped a fine display with a try of his own.
Barbarians : *J Loxton (Cardiff Blues); C O L Ingall (Tynedale), T W Bell (Sale Sharks), *R P Broadfoot (Richmond), D J Doherty (Sale); *G M McCarthy (Neath), *D J Pascoe (Royal Navy); *N R Fowkes (Nottingham), C B Hawkins (Llanelli), *R P Davies (Neath), *E L Evans (Neath), *A L Powell (Llanelli), B Maidment (Cambridge University), *S S McKeen, capt (Oxford University & Canada), G H Barden (Royal Navy) Replavements: C C G Ritchie (Rosslyn Park) – Hawkins (40); R J Barrington (Hartpury College) – Fowkes (40); *T P Bason (Blackheath) – Powell (40); *T George (Richmond) – Maidment (33); *K P Campbell (Dungannon & Ireland) – Pascoe (40); A O Erinle (England) – Broadfoot (9); *J P E Boto (Richmond) – Ingall (40)
Tries: Doherty (3), Ingall, Evans, Barden, Boto; Conversions : Broadfoot, Bell (3)
Bedford Blues: B Burke; M Kohler, T Bax, H Staff, J Bassett; T Bedford, N PJ Walshe (capt); P D Carstens, H Allen, A Brown,S Tomes, O Cooper Miller, D Barrell, J Leszczuk, R Long
Replacements: R Boot, L W Ovens, S Flatman, G Messum, H Peck, E Bale, S Smith
Tries: Brown, Barrell, Walshe, Staff, Smith; Conversions: Burke (3), Bedford, Bale
Referee: C White (RFU)
Attendance: 1,850
Wales summer 2011 line-up:
4 June Wales v Barbarians (Millennium Stadium)
6 August England v Wales (Twickenham Stadium)
13 August Wales v England ( Millennium Stadium)
20 August Wales v Argentina (Millennium Stadium)
Tickets remaining for the summer RWC warm-up fixtures against the Barbarians and England at the Millennium Stadium are priced at £40 and £30 for adults, £100 for a family ticket (2 adults 2 children) for the Baa Baas game and £110 family ticket for the England match, with a new category introduced this season of £15 for the under 18s enclosure.
The final game on home soil is against Argentina and is priced at £30 and £20 for adults, £70 for a family of four and £15 for the under 18s enclosure.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.wru.co.uk/tickets or by calling the ticket hotline 08442 777 888 or Ticketline on 02920 230130.
