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| Sunday, 26 May, 2002, 13:59 GMT 14:59 UK England thrash Baa-Baas All the action as it happened as a youthful England side score seven tries against the Barbarians at Twickenham.Latest action first. Full time: England 53-29 Barbarians 82 mins: The Baa-Baas have the final word as Lam marks his final Twickenham appearance with a try in the right corner. Van Straaten misses conversion. 75 mins: Hooker Mark Regan, prop David Flatman, scrum-half Nick Walshe and Orrell fly-half Phil Jones are all sent on for a taste of the action. 72 mins:Christophers brings up the half-century after Gomarsall, Ben Johnston and replacement Kevin Sorrell combine to send the Bristol man strolling in for his second try. Walder converts. 65 mins: Cullen's perseverance pays off as the Baa-Baas turn over English ball and exploit numbers out wide to send Taylor over for his second try, in the left corner. Van Straaten converts. 59 mins:Walder exploits the gap in an absent Barbarians defence to win the race to his own chip ahead for a sixth England try. Walder converts his own score. 54 mins: Horak prevents another Baa-Baas try with a superb covering tackle on Pieter Rossouw after a sparkling handling move from the visitors. 52 mins: England send on their first reinforcements as Grant Seely and Ed Pearce replace Forrester and Vyvyan respectively. 50 mins: Scotland No 8 Simon Taylor is rewarded for an impressive display by crashing over from close-range for a third Bas-Baas try. Van Straaten misses the conversion. 45 mins:Christophers becomes the fourth debutant to get on the scoresheet, stepping in off the right wing to force his way over despite attempted tackles from Cullen and Lam. Gomarsall, while Walder is receiving treatment, takes over the kicking duties to convert. 42 mins: Half-time Baa-Baas replacement Josh Kronfeld infringes at a ruck and Walder extends England's lead to 20 points with a well-struck penalty. Half-time: England 29-12 Barbarians 45 mins: England reassert themselves with a fourth try just before the interval. A charge by captain Phil Vickery does the initial damage, and Walder chips through for full-back Michael Horak to claim the touchdown. Walder converts from in front of the posts. 42 mins: Lomu launches a stirring Baa-Baas try from his own 22, with Cullen sent haring to the line. Simpson-Daniel stops the full-back with a marvellous tap-tackle but Cullen pops the ball up for Montgomery to touch down. Van Straaten adds the conversion. 35 mins: England wing James Simpson-Daniel shows devastating pace and confidence as he performs a dummy-scissors with Christophers to bamboozle Montgomery then steams round Lomu to touch down in the right corner, despite a last-ditch tackle from Cullen. Walder misses the conversion from wide out. 33 mins: Scrum-half Agustin Pichot takes a quick tap-penalty close to the England line, and fly-half Braam van Straaten sends Jones over in the left corner. Van Straaten misses the conversion. 31 mins: The Baa-Baas start to build some momentum for the first time but are repelled by superb England defence, Appleford knocking Alatini's scoring pass to Jones into touch. 26 mins: The impressive Codling claims a smartly-worked line-out and feeds rampaging hooker Steve Thompson, who wades through three weak Barbarians tackles to score England's second try. Walder adds the extras. 21 mins: The Baa-Baas injury woes continue as replacement Castaignede becomes the third player to limp off with a hamstring injury. Percy Montgomery enters the fray in his place. 20 mins: England swiftly capitalise to score the game's opening try through flanker Jamie Forrester. Two switch moves in the back-line find the Gloucester man in space down the right, and he sprints home from 60 metres, cutting inside Lomu for good measure. Walder converts to give England a healthy early lead. 18 mins: Pita Alatini and his All Blacks colleague Cullen combine sweetly to set the Baa-Baas on the attack, but the move breaks down when new captain Ian Jones 15 mins: Cullen's counter-attack allows Jonah Lomu a first trademark charge at the England defence, but lock Hugh Vyvyan hauls the giant wing down. 13 mins: Captain Todd Blackadder becomes the second Baa-Baas player to be forced off as he limps off with a hamstring injury to be replaced by Pat Lam in the back row. 9 mins: England win turnover ball after a crunching tackle by Alex Codling on Cullen, but first Appleford, then scrum-half Andy Gomarsall, waste opportunities to create an overlap on the outside. 5 mins: French centre Stephane Glas is stretchered of with a hamstring injury, to be replaced by compatriot Thomas Castaignede in the visitors' line-up. 3 mins: Walder and centre Geoff Appleford combine neatly to send wing Phil Christopers away down the left, but the Bristol man is halted by Baa-Baas full-back Christian Cullen's tackle. 1 min: The Baa-Baas are penalised at the opening scrum and England fly-half Dave Walder calmly strokes over the resulting kick at goal. England: M Horak (London Irish); J Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), G Appleford (London Irish), B Johnston (Saracens), P Christophers (Bristol); D Walder (Newcastle), A Gomarsall (Gloucester); T Woodman (Gloucester), S Thompson (Northampton), P Vickery (Gloucester, capt), A Codling (Harlequins), H Vyvyan (Newcastle), P Gustard (London Irish), J Forrester (Gloucester), J Worsley (Wasps). Barbarians: C Cullen (New Zealand); P Rossouw (South Africa), S Glas (France), P Alatini (New Zealand), J Lomu (New Zealand); B van Straaten (South Africa), A Pichot (Argentina); C Califano (France), N Drotske (South Africa), A Garvey (South Africa), K Roche (Saracens), I Jones (New Zealand), T Blackadder (New Zealand, capt), K Vanisi (Wellington Hurricanes), S Taylor (Scotland). | See also: 24 May 02 | International 22 May 02 | International 16 May 02 | Rugby Union 22 Apr 02 | Rugby Union 25 Mar 02 | Rugby Union Top International stories now: Links to more International stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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