The 2011 mid-year rugby union tests featured only seven matches due to the upcoming 2011 Rugby World Cup. No test series took place, although the Barbarians did play two matches in the United Kingdom; England and Wales. New Zealand and Australia hosted a respective Tier 2 side, Australia hosted Samoa, New Zealand hosted Fiji. Argentina hosted the French Barbarians, while Japan played a Top League XV side in Tokyo.
This was the first time since 1973, and only the second in the past 50 years, that no team representing the Home Unions (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, or the British and Irish Lions) toured the southern hemisphere in the mid-year window.
Fixtures
Week 1
| 29 May 2011 14:30 BST (UTC+01) |
England  | 32–38 | Barbarians |
| Try: Trinder 3' c Monye 18' c Simpson-Daniel 26' c Johnson 72' m Con: C. Hodgson (3/4) Pen: C. Hodgson (2/3) 16', 63' | Report | Try: Baby 7' c Michalak 38' c Visser (2) 48' m, 78' c Smith 56' m van Niekerk 60' c Con: Michalak (3/5) Pienaar (1/1) |
| Twickenham, London Attendance: 38,680 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France) |
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- As is typical for Barbarians matches, this was an uncapped match for England.
- The traditionally uncapped player of the Barbarians side was Tim Visser. (Willie Mason was also uncapped in rugby union but he was capped in rugby league, having switched codes a few weeks before the game when signing to Toulon.) Visser qualified for Scotland on residency grounds in June 2012 and now represents that country internationally.
Week 2
| 4 June 2011 14:30 BST (UTC+01) |
Wales  | 28–31 | Barbarians |
| Try: North 10' c Stoddart 25' c Phillips 54' c Brew 65' c Con: S. Jones (4/4) | Report | Try: Tekori 17' m Nacewa (2) 22' c, 79' c Parisse 35' c Bastareaud 73' m Con: James (3/5) |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 31,232 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) |
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Notes:
- Unlike most Barbarians matches, this was a fully capped match for Wales. As a result, Stephen Jones earned his 100th Wales cap in this match.
- The uncapped players on this Barbarians squad were Brock James and Lloyd Williams. As noted earlier, Willie Mason is uncapped in union as a recent code convert, but capped in league.
| 4 June 2011 16:10 ART (UTC-03) |
Argentina  | 23–19 | French Barbarians |
| Try: Fessia 23' c Figuerola 38' m Contepomi 62' m Con: Contepomi (1/3) Pen: Contepomi (2) 58', 74' | Report | Try: Boussès 12' c Planté 29' m Vosloo 66' c Con: Beauxis (2/3) |
| Doble Visera, Avellaneda Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina) |
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Week 3
| 11 June 2011 15:25 ART (UTC-03) |
| Argentina | 18–21 | French Barbarians |
| Pen: Sánchez 17', 29', 31', 38', 44', 55' | Report | Try: Lapeyre (2) 26' c, 49'm Con: Teulet (1/2) Pen: Teulet 3', 42', 56' |
| Estadio Centenario, Resistencia Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa) |
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Week 4
| 26 June 2011 15:00 JST (UTC+09) |
Japan  | 49–7 | Top League XV |
| Try: Kikutani 10' c, 33' c, 64' c Webb 18' c Holani 26' c Nicholas 44' c Imamura 58' c Con: Nicholas (4/4) Webb (1/1) Williams (2/2) | Try: Nagatomo 72' c Con: Kimishima (1/1) |
| Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Referee: Shinji Aida (Japan) |
Week 5
| 17 July 2011 14:00 AEST (UTC+10) |
Australia  | 23–32 |  Samoa |
| Try: Ioane 37' c Giteau 70' c Con: Giteau (2/2) Pen: Giteau (3) 40', 41', 57' | Report | Try: Tuilagi 11' c Williams 28' c Thompson 45' m G. Pisi 54' c Con: T. Pisi (3/4) Pen: T. Pisi (1/2) |
| ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 29,808 Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa) |
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Week 6
| 22 July 2011 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) |
New Zealand  | 60–14 |  Fiji |
| Try: Sivivatu 9' m Slade 23' c Hore 34' c Thomson 38' c Smith 63' c Weepu 68' c Penalty try 76' c Muliaina 79' c Con: Slade (4/5), Carter (3/3) Pen: Slade (2) 3', 20' | Report | Try: Serelevu 52' c Goneva 70' c Con: Bai (2/2) |
| Carisbrook, Dunedin Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) |
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See also
- Mid-year rugby union test series
- 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up tests
- 2011 end-of-year rugby union tests
- 2011 Asian Five Nations
- 2011 IRB Churchill Cup
- 2011 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
- 2011 IRB Nations Cup
References
- Griffiths, John (4 July 2011). "Cricket and tennis stars, SH tours by the Home Unions and early tourists in France". ESPN Scrum. Ask John. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- "England 32-38 Barbarians". BBC. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- "Wales 28-31 Barbarians". BBC. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- http://uar.com.ar/noticias4.asp?notcod=20110604161858
- http://uar.com.ar/noticias4.asp?notcod=20110611162314
- Jenkins, Graham. "Samoa shock Wallabies". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- "Qantas Wallabies v Samoa – Match Report". Australian Rugby Union. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- "All Blacks pass Fijian exam". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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