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England warm up for their three-Test tour of Australia by hosting the Barbarians at Twickenham. Join Luke McLaughlin.
Fabien Galthié speaks to Amazon Prime to sum up his side’s display: “It was incredible ... I think it was British Barbarians, with French flair, with Phil Bennett’s instinct.”
How did they do it with 14 men? “Quality players. With our quality. Simple, with our quality, no risk ... it’s an honour to play here with this jersey, against England, in Twickenham. Just pleasure, and play our rugby.
“Happy. Fabulous. Enjoy. I have only have very positive emotions and sensations. Very exciting match ... and funny match!”
Will he celebrate tonight? “No. Now we go back to Paris, by the shuttle, and we prepare the tournament in Japan, and we fly to Tokyo on Wednesday.
“It was a pleasure to be invited here. Thank you very much.”
A funny match. Ouch.
Eddie Jones speaks to Amazon Prime: “Yeah, two things. Obviously we’re disappointed with the result. You never like to get beaten by a score like that. In terms of preparation for the [summer] tour, we tried to do a few things different today, to test us. We weren’t quite good enough to execute it ... and there’s a number of guys there who played their first senior game, and a lot of guys who’ve played their first senior game for a long time. So we’ll be better for that.
“It’s sitting down and talking to them [the young players] about what they need to do to go forward. You know, there’s a big gap between club level and international rugby. Some of the guys experienced that today and they’ll be better for it.”
Gabby Logan asks: who impressed him? “Look, Jonny May I thought was fantastic, he hasn’t played for I don’t know how long, eight or nine
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