Barbarians

Jack McGrath could be facing a ban to jeopardise his World Cup participation after kneeing lock Konstantin Mikautadze in the back during Ireland's 22-21 defeat to the Barbarians.

Last week saw Stuart Lancaster select his provisional 50 man World Cup training squad, and with it he proved that he stuck by his principles of not selecting players plying their trade outside of England.

Chris Henry will make his first appearance for Ireland since suffering a mini-stroke in November when he features in Thursday's clash with the Barbarians.

England’s Ugo Monye, New Zealand’s Brad Thorn and South Africa’s Ruan Pienaar were today added to a 30-strong Barbarians squad to face Ireland and England.

Joe Launchbury will make his first international appearance in nearly a year at Twickenham on Sunday after being named in an England XV squad to face the Barbarians.

Wales duo Adam Jones and Alex Cuthbert are set to make their Barbarians debuts against Ireland and England later this month.

The Barbarians will entertain Samoa in the first-ever rugby union match at London's Olympic Stadium in August.

The Barbarians will continue the fight for relevance in the professional era by rounding off their 125th anniversary in hosting Argentina at Twickenham in November 2015.

The November Internationals Round 1 went as predicted with wins for the All Blacks, Maori All Blacks and the Wallabies, but these matches were more a celebration of rugby than the results.

Australia launched the Michael Cheika era with a victory, but failed to convince in edging past the Barbarians 40-36 at Twickenham.

There are only three games in the November Internationals 2014 Round 1 and only one of these is a test match. You could say it is the calm before the storm.

Alastair Kellock and Colin Slade will lead a Barbarians side full of shunned stars auditioning for Rugby World Cup 2015 reprieves, according to John Kirwan.

Australia have reunited Quade Cooper and Will Genia at half-back for Saturday's non-cap international against the Barbarians at Twickenham.

The Barbarians will hand New Zealand fly-half Colin Slade the chance to heap yet more misery on Australia at Twickenham on November 1.

All Blacks wing Hosea Gear's two late tries helped the Barbarians restore their tarnished reputation in a 39-29 victory over a youthful and enterprising England XV at Twickenham.

All Blacks wing Hosea Gear's two late tries helped the Barbarians restore their tarnished reputation in a 39-29 victory over a youthful and enterprising England XV at Twickenham.

There are only two games in the November Internationals Round 5 with the Barbarians playing Fiji, while Wales host the Wallabies. This is a weekend for rugby purists, the ball should do the talking.

The prospect of a Barbarians match creates a level of excitement in rugby fans that cannot be matched in a non-competitive match across any other sport.

The game was hyped up with Gavin Henson being named in the starting 15 for Wales at 12, Stephen Jones was making his 100th cap for Wales