There are several explanations of why the founders chose the Barbarians as the name for their team. Emil de Lissa was one of the diners. De Lissa became President of the new club and carried out these duties for decades. He published a history of the club records years in This is what he had to say about the club name:. With several Cambridge men as the first founders, some people think that the name is drawn from their knowledge of ancient Roman times.
This takes us back to the year 9 A. Augustus was determined to conquer the lands of what is now Germany. The Romans viewed these locals as savages and called them Barbarians. When Augustus sent three legions of troops marching through a German forest, they were ambushed by local tribes.
The Roman legions were annihilated. Perhaps Carpmael and his friends saw themselves as the wily outsiders getting the better of the bigger and better-resourced clubs. This nickname comes from the first syllables of the full name i. There is no r in the nickname. The Baa-Baas nickname has led to other traditions. In , the club introduced a blazer for new members. The badge on the blazer had two lambs playing with a rugby ball.
The Barbarians jersey has black and white hoops and a badge on the left breast. Of course, when players are selected for the Barbarians, they are members of elite professional clubs in the top divisions. However, they may have got their start in small amateur clubs in lower divisions.
These small clubs get great pride to see a home-grown player wearing their socks against teams like England or the All Blacks. Barbarians players come from all over the world. There is no restriction on who can play for the team.
I remember the match the score was Being Irish, I should have been a little downcast. But seeing the top players from different international countries playing together was amazing. And there have been plenty of Irish players selected for the Baa Baas. The team is selected by the club committee in conjunction with the coach that they appoint for a tour or match. The committee sends a private invitation to players. The squad list is announced when enough players have agreed to join.
A Barbarians team playing an international match will usually have eight or more of the top players in the world at that time. These older guys tend not to play the full match but get the best applause if they make a tackle or a good run! When the coach is also coaching a national team, he may want to try out a young player on the fringes of national selection.
Supporters like to see this as throwing mud in the eye of their national coach for overlooking a rising club star. When the Barbarians are playing against a club, they may pick a player from the club who is just about to make it to the national team. In recent years, the Barbarians have beaten the All Blacks and South Africa in memorable matches.
However, their most famous game is back in when they beat the All Blacks in Cardiff. It was considered at the time to be the best display of rugby, and it still holds up as an amazing game.
But where do they come from and who are they? The English and French Barbarians share more or less the founding principle: to promote the values of the sport by playing a bold and entertaining style of rugby. The club was founded in by students from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge , who played rugby for their clubs. The idea was to play close-season rugby by setting up a touring club that did not have a clubhouse or home ground.
The Baa-Baas , as they are known, select players from any club, regardless of where they are from. Barbarians players are instantly recognisable thanks to their distinctive kit : a black and white hooped jersey and black and white shorts worn with each player's own club socks.
The club fields players who represent the values of rugby and who like to play the game with flair and panache. While the players selected to play the Baa-Baas have lots of talent, they do not necessarily have to be internationals. In , the first women's Barbarians team was founded and played its first match, against Munster, one of Irish rugby's four provinces.
Taking inspiration from the English, a group of rugby-playing friends headed up by the legendary Jean-Pierre Rives and Jacques Fouroux decided to call themselves the French Barbarians in It was not until that the French Baa-Baas came into being, however.
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