French Barbarians play Canada
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:23
The French Barbarians play Canada for the first time at Esquimalt's Bullen Park in Victoria on Saturday.
Xavier Péméja and Jean François Beltran coach the team with Eric Champ as manager. In the side are All Blacks Kees Meeuws and Anton Oliver, and full French internationals David Auradou, Julien Pierre, Vincent Debaty, Thomas Lombard, who is now a 33-year-old veteran, Julien Peyrelongue and Ludovic Valbon.
Kieran Crowley's side is not the full side which beat the USA 26-10 in the Churchill Cup as some have returned to the UK or to training camps.
Relative newcomers are Ben Grant, Steve Piatek and James Buchanan.
Squads:
Canada: Stu Ault (Barrhaven Scottish), James Buchanan (Calgary Hornets), Hubert Buydens (Prairie Fire), Aaron Carpenter (Brantford Harlequins), Luke Cudmore (London Irish, England), Nanyak Dala (Praire Fire), Pat Fleck
(Vancouver Meraloma), Ben Grant (University of Victoria), Tyler Hotson (Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, Australia), Ben Johnson (James Bay AA), Bryn Keys (Aurora Barbarians), Adam Kleeberger (University of Victoria), Tony La Carte (Bayside Sharks), Ander Monro (Colorno, Italy), Steve Piatek (Brantford Harlequins), Mike Pletch (Oakville Crusaders), James Pritchard (Bedford, England), Pat Riordan (University of Victoria), Jon Theil (Bayside Sharks), Mike Webb (Vancouver Rowing Club), Andrew Wilson (unattached), Doug Wooldridge (Lindsay RFC)
French Barbarians: Vincent Debaty (Agen), Kees Meeuws (Castres), Arnauld Tchougong Kamga (Bourgoin), Olivier Noirot (Biarritz), David Auradou (Racing-Mètro), Julien Pierre (Bourgoin), Rudolph Berek (Dax), Jocelino Suta (Mont-de-Marsan), Vincent Forgues (Brive), Gwendal Ollivier (Grenoble), Louis Massabeau (Bayonne), Mohammed Dridi (Biarritz), Julien Thomas (Montpellier), Julien Peyrelongue (Biarritz), Romain Cabannes
(Biarritz), Ludovic Valbon (Racing-Mètro), Marc Andreu (Toulon), Thomas Lombard (Racing-Mètro), Yoan Audrin (Montauban), Nicolas Le Roux (Brive)
