Barbarians

A spirited performance in the final 10 minutes saw South Africa come from behind and secure a 31-31 draw against Barbarians at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Former All Blacks scrum-half Andy Ellis will captain a New Zealand-dominated Barbarians side in the Killik Cup match against Springboks at Wembley on Saturday.

Will Greenwood was unveiled as Barbarians coach for the Killik Cup clash with South Africa at Wembley on November 5. Press Association Sport met the England World Cup winner at the national stadium and here are some of his thoughts.

Former England international and 2003 World Cup winner Will Greenwood will coach the Barbarians when they take on South Africa in November.

The legendary Baa Baas took on the upcoming Pumas in an epic game at Twickenham. With Milner-Skudder, Moore, Matfield et al all playing some brilliant rugby.

Gloucester's rookies conceded 10 tries in a 62-14 defeat to Michael Cheika's star-studded Barbarians line-up at Kingsholm.

Christian Leali'ifano is keen to show the Wallabies what they will miss at the World Cup when the Barbarians face Samoa, according to Jamie Joseph.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster barely had time to catch his breath this weekend, firstly taking in the Aviva Premiership final on Saturday, before coaching an England XV to a record-breaking 73-12 victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham.

Ugo Monye believes that England can get the "job done" at the Rugby World Cup this autumn and thinks the support of the nation will be vital.

Samu Manoa has joined the Barbarians squad to face England at Twickenham on Sunday.

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.