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.^[1]

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^[2]	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)


FB	15	Mike Brown		66'
RW	14	James Simpson-Daniel
OC	13	Henry Trinder
IC	12	Matt Banahan
LW	11	Ugo Monye		43'
FH	10	Charlie Hodgson
SH	9	Paul Hodgson		58'
N8	8	Luke Narraway (c)
OF	7	Carl Fearns	35' to 45'	52'
BF	6	Tom Johnson
RL	5	Dave Attwood
LL	4	Graham Kitchener		58'
LP	3	Paul Doran-Jones		58'	62'
HK	2	David Paice
TP	1	Joe Marler			62'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Joe Gray
PR	17	Kieran Brookes		58'
LK	18	James Gaskell		52'
FL	19	Jamie Gibson		58'
SH	20	Micky Young		58'
FH	21	Stephen Myler		66'
CE	22	Jordan Turner-Hall		43'
Team manager:
Martin Johnson


FB	15	Nicolas Jeanjean
RW	14	Paul Sackey	65'
OC	13	Benoît Baby	50'
IC	12	Mathieu Bastareaud
LW	11	Tim Visser
FH	10	Frédéric Michalak	57'
SH	9	Ruan Pienaar
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	George Smith	65'
BF	6	Joe van Niekerk
RL	5	Quintin Geldenhuys	50'
LL	4	Erik Lund
LP	3	Davit Kubriashvili	50'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini	50'
TP	1	Salvatore Perugini
Substitutes:
HK	16	Sébastien Bruno	50'
PR	17	Carl Hayman	50'
LK	18	Iosefa Tekori	50'
FL	19	Martyn Williams	65'
SH	20	Sébastien Tillous-Borde	57'
FH	21	Willie Mason	65'
CE	22	Seru Rabeni	50'
Coach:
Dai Young

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^[3]	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)


FB	15	Morgan Stoddart
RW	14	George North
OC	13	Jonathan Davies
IC	12	Gavin Henson		61'
LW	11	Aled Brew	43' to 53'
FH	10	Stephen Jones		66'
SH	9	Mike Phillips		61'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Sam Warburton (c)
BF	6	Dan Lydiate		63'
RL	5	Luke Charteris
LL	4	Ryan Jones		61'
LP	3	Paul James
HK	2	Huw Bennett		64'
TP	1	Ryan Bevington		61'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Lloyd Burns		64'
PR	17	Scott Andrews		61'
LK	18	Alun Wyn Jones		61'
FL	19	Josh Turnbull		63'
SH	20	Tavis Knoyle		61'
FH	21	Rhys Priestland		66'
CE	22	Scott Williams		61'
Coach:
Warren Gatland


FB	15	Isa Nacewa
RW	14	Paul Sackey		61'
OC	13	Seru Rabeni		65'
IC	12	Mathieu Bastareaud
LW	11	Doug Howlett
FH	10	Brock James
SH	9	Sébastien Tillous-Borde		64'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Martyn Williams		55'
BF	6	Joe van Niekerk
RL	5	Paul Tito		56'
LL	4	Iosefa Tekori	45' to 55'
LP	3	Carl Hayman		65'	74'
HK	2	Sébastien Bruno		54'
TP	1	Iestyn Thomas			74'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Leonardo Ghiraldini		54'
PR	17	Davit Kubriashvili		65'
LK	18	Erik Lund		56'
FL	19	George Smith		55'
SH	20	Lloyd Williams		64'
FH	21	Willie Mason		65'
CE	22	Benoît Baby		61'
Coach:
Dai Young

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^[4]	Try: Boussès 12' c Planté 29' m Vosloo 66' c Con: Beauxis (2/3)

Doble Visera, Avellaneda
Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)


FB	15	Martín Rodríguez
RW	14	Lucas Borges
OC	13	Marcelo Bosch
IC	12	Horacio San Martín
LW	11	Gonzalo Camacho
FH	10	Felipe Contepomi (c)
SH	9	Agustín Figuerola	12'
N8	8	Leonardo Senatore
OF	7	Juan Manuel Leguizamón
BF	6	Genaro Fessia	11'
RL	5	Mariano Galarza	75'
LL	4	Manuel Carizza
LP	3	Maximiliano Bustos	11'
HK	2	Agustín Creevy
TP	1	Rodrigo Roncero	22'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Eusebio Guiñazú	22'
PR	17	Juan Pablo Orlandi	11'
LK	18	Santiago Guzmán	75'
FL	19	Alejandro Campos	11'
SH	20	Alfredo Lalanne	12'
FH	21	Nicolás Sánchez
WG	22	Rafael Carballo
Coach:
Santiago Phelan


FB	15	Silvère Tian	70'
RW	14	Adrien Planté	57'
OC	13	Romain Cabannes
IC	12	Guillaume Boussès
LW	11	Marc Andreu
FH	10	Lionel Beauxis
SH	9	Julien Dupuy	61'
N8	8	Damien Chouly
OF	7	Pierre Rabadan (c)
BF	6	Gerhard Vosloo
RL	5	Matthias Rolland
LL	4	Christophe Samson
LP	3	David Attoub
HK	2	Mathieu Bonello	57'
TP	1	Yannick Forestier
Substitutes:
HK	16	Romain Terrain
PR	17	Eduard Coetzee	57'
LK	18	Guillaume Vilaceca
FL	19	Antonie Claassen
SH	20	Fabien Cibray	61'
FH	21	Rémi Talès	70'
CE	22	Yoan Audrin	57'
Coaches:
Laurent Travers Laurent Labit

Week 3

11 June 2011
15:25 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	18–21	French Barbarians
Pen: Sánchez 17', 29', 31', 38', 44', 55'	Report^[5]	Try: Lapeyre (2) 26' c, 49'm Con: Teulet (1/2) Pen: Teulet 3', 42', 56'

Estadio Centenario, Resistencia
Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa)


FB	15	Lucas González Amorosino
RW	14	Agustin Gosio
OC	13	Juan Ignacio Gauthier	63'
IC	12	Gabriel Ascarate
LW	11	Rafael Carballo
FH	10	Nicolás Sánchez	70'
SH	9	Alfredo Lalanne	40'
N8	8	Leonardo Senatore
OF	7	Julio Farías Cabello
BF	6	Miguel de Achaval	74'
RL	5	Benjamin Macome	56'
LL	4	Manuel Carizza
LP	3	Martín Scelzo	40'
HK	2	Agustín Creevy (c)
TP	1	Juan Figallo	66'
Substitutes:
PR	16	Eusebio Guiñazú	66'
PR	17	Juan Pablo Orlandi	40'
PR	18	Bruno Postiglioni
LK	19	Alejandro Campos	56'
FL	20	Genaro Fessia	74'
SH	21	Nicolas Bruzzone	40'
FH	22	Marcelo Bosch	70'
CE	23	Gonzalo Camacho	63'
Coach:
Santiago Phelan


FB	15	Romain Teulet
RW	14	Julien Arias
OC	13	Yohan Audrin	70'
IC	12	Guillaume Boussès
LW	11	Benjamin Lapeyre
FH	10	Rémi Talès	69'
SH	9	Fabien Cibray	56'
N8	8	Antonie Claassen
OF	7	Pierre Rabadan (c)	54'
BF	6	Jean Monribot
RL	5	Guillaume Vilaceca
LL	4	Matthias Rolland
LP	3	David Attoub	69'
HK	2	Romain Terrain	54'
TP	1	Jean-Philippe Lafond	40'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Mathieu Bonello	54'
PR	17	Eduard Coetzee	40'
PR	18	Yannick Forestier	69'
FL	19	Christophe Samson
FL	20	Gerhard Vosloo	54'
SH	21	Julien Dupuy	56'
FH	22	Lionel Beauxis	69'
CE	23	Romain Cabannes	70'
Coaches:
Laurent Travers Laurent Labit

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^[6]	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^[7]
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)


FB	15	Mark Gerrard	55'
RW	14	Rod Davies
OC	13	Adam Ashley-Cooper
IC	12	Pat McCabe
LW	11	Digby Ioane
FH	10	Matt Giteau
SH	9	Nick Phipps	56'
N8	8	Ben McCalman	59'
OF	7	Matt Hodgson	50'
BF	6	Rocky Elsom (c)
RL	5	Nathan Sharpe	51'
LL	4	Sitaleki Timani
LP	3	Ben Alexander
HK	2	Stephen Moore
TP	1	Sekope Kepu
Substitutes:
HK	16	James Hanson
PR	17	Pekahou Cowan
LK	18	Dan Vickerman	51'
N8	19	Scott Higginbotham	59'
FL	20	Beau Robinson	50'
SH	21	Will Genia	56'
FB	22	Kurtley Beale	55'
Coach:
Robbie Deans


FB	15	Paul Williams
RW	14	Sailosi Tagicakibau
OC	13	George Pisi		58'
IC	12	Seilala Mapusua
LW	11	Alesana Tuilagi
FH	10	Tusi Pisi		72'
SH	9	Kahn Fotuali'i
N8	8	George Stowers
OF	7	Maurie Fa'asavalu
BF	6	Taiasina Tu'ifua		76'
RL	5	Daniel Leo	36' to 46'
LL	4	Kane Thompson		69'
LP	3	Anthony Perenise
HK	2	Mahonri Schwalger (c)		77'
TP	1	Zak Taulafo		65'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Ti'i Paulo		77'
PR	17	Census Johnston		65'
LK	18	Filipo Levi		69'
FL	19	Manu Salavea		76'
FH	20	Brenton Helleur		72'
CE	21	Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu		58'
FB	22	James So'oialo
Coach:
Fuimaono Tafua

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^[8]	Try: Serelevu 52' c Goneva 70' c Con: Bai (2/2)

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)


FB	15	Mils Muliaina
RW	14	Zac Guildford
OC	13	Conrad Smith
IC	12	Ma'a Nonu
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu	50'
FH	10	Colin Slade	64'
SH	9	Jimmy Cowan	53'
N8	8	Liam Messam	65'
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)
BF	6	Adam Thomson
RL	5	Ali Williams
LL	4	Jarrad Hoeata	53'
TP	3	Ben Franks
HK	2	Andrew Hore	66'
LP	1	Wyatt Crockett	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Corey Flynn	66'
PR	17	John Afoa	66'
LK	18	Sam Whitelock	53'
N8	19	Jerome Kaino	65'
SH	20	Piri Weepu	52'
FH	21	Daniel Carter	64'
FB	22	Ben Smith	50'
Coach:
Graham Henry


FB	15	Iliesa Keresoni
RW	14	Timoci Nagusa	55'
OC	13	Albert Vulivuli
IC	12	Ravai Fatiaki
LW	11	Napolioni Nalaga	78'
FH	10	Seremaia Bai
SH	9	Nemia Serelevu	64'
N8	8	Sakiusa Matadigo
OF	7	Akapusi Qera	60'
BF	6	Dominiko Waqaniburotu
RL	5	Rupeni Nasiga	69'
LL	4	Sekonaia Kalou
TP	3	Deacon Manu (c)
HK	2	Sunia Koto	78'
LP	1	Campese Ma'afu	69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Viliame Veikoso	78'
PR	17	Setefano Somoca	69'
LK	18	Josefa Domolailai	69'
N8	19	Malakai Ravulo	60'
SH	20	Vitori Butava	64'
FH	21	Taniela Rawaqa	78'
FB	22	Vereniki Goneva	55'
Coach:
Sam Domoni

Touch judges:
Steve Walsh (Australia)
James Leckie (Australia)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

References

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^ "England 32-38 Barbarians". BBC. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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