June - July Internationals 2022

@Stargazer awesome. What's the asterisk next to some times? Not televised? Edit nope can't be that, SA games will be on sky

@Machpants Ah, I see my explanation for the asterisk only appears in the intro on the home page, not in the article itself. I'll add it.

The asterisk means that the local time is on the previous day (from a NZ perspective; NZ day, date and time are in the first three columns).

Media release:

Rugby Australia  /  Jun 11, 2022

Wallabies squad for eToro England Series unveiled | Latest Rugby News | Wallabies Rugby

Squad summary

Total Test caps: 905
Average Test caps: 26
Average age: 27
Uncapped players: 6 (Pone Fa'amausili, Nick Frost, Jed Holloway, Cadeyrn Neville, David Porecki, Suliasi Vunivalu)
Most capped: Michael Hooper (118 Tests)
Youngest member: Angus Bell, 21
Oldest member: Quade Cooper, 34
Breakdown: Brumbies 15, Queensland Reds 7, NSW Waratahs 6, Melbourne Rebels 4, Overseas clubs 3

Interestingly only one 6 (Leota), one 7 (hooper) plus three 8s. Five loosies in total, yet ABs will probably pick 7. One 12 (Kerivi), one fullback (banks). So there will have to be some positional shuffling

I can't believe that Angus Bell is only 21, no doubt will have a very long career in orange.

@Machpants Valetini or Holloway could play 6 as well

@NTA said in June - July Internationals 2022:

@Machpants Valetini or Holloway could play 6 as well

Sure I realise that, just not their default position in SR (as far as I know, I could be wrong!)

England v Barbarians
Mon 20 June 2022, 2.00am NZT (not broadcast or livestreamed in NZ as far as I know, so no match thread)

ENGLAND
15 Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)
14 Joe Cokanasiga (Bath Rugby)
13 Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
12 Mark Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)
11 Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)
10 Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
9 Harry Randall (Bristol Bears)
1 Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks)
2 Jack Walker (Harlequins)
3 Will Collier (Harlequins)
4 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)
5 Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs)
6 Tom Curry (C) (Sale Sharks)
7 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)
8 Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)

FINISHERS
16 Jack Singleton (Gloucester Rugby)
17 Will Goodrick-Clarke (London Irish)
18 Patrick Schickerling (Exeter Chiefs)
19 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
20 Jack Willis (Wasps)
21 Danny Care (Harlequins)
22 Orlando Bailey (Bath Rugby)
23 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)

Media release:

RFU

The first two international games were played this weekend and the results have been added:

https://www.thesilverfern.com/post/undefined-june-july-internationals-2022

A brief highlights clip from the Japan v Uruguay game was posted on Twitter by the Japanese RFU:

On YouTube, I could only find an unofficial, low-quality highlights clip, but it's longer and watchable if you watch it on a smallish screen.

The match sheet with try scorers can be found here.

Unofficial highlights video of the England v Barbarians game:

Match stats can be found here.

RFU

FORWARDS
Ollie Chessum
Luke Cowan-Dickie
Tom Curry
Charlie Ewels
Ellis Genge
Jamie George
Joe Heyes
Jonny Hill
Nick Isiekwe
Maro Itoje
Courtney Lawes
Lewis Ludlam
Bevan Rodd
Patrick Schickerling (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped)
Will Stuart
Sam Underhill
Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 61 caps)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 67 caps)
Jack Walker (Harlequins, uncapped)
Jack Willis (Wasps, 3 caps)
BACKS
Henry Arundell (London Irish, uncapped) *apprentice player
Danny Care (Harlequins, 84 caps)
Joe Cokanasiga (Bath Rugby, 11 caps)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
Owen Farrell
Tommy Freeman
George Furbank
Will Joseph (London Irish, uncapped) *apprentice player
Joe Marchant
Jonny May
Jack Nowell
Guy Porter (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
Harry Randall
Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
Marcus Smith
Freddie Steward
Unavailable for selection due to injury: Alex Dombrandt, George Ford, Joe Launchbury, Louis Lynagh, Sam Simmonds, Kyle Sinckler, Henry Slade, Manu Tuilagi, Nic Dolly and Anthony Watson.

@Machpants said in June - July Internationals 2022:

Interestingly only one 6 (Leota), one 7 (hooper) plus three 8s. Five loosies in total, yet ABs will probably pick 7. One 12 (Kerivi), one fullback (banks). So there will have to be some positional shuffling

Jordie Petaia can play 12, 13 and wing. They’ve also got James O’Connor who is a 10, 12 or fullback option.

https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/luke-crosbie-to-captain-scotland-a-in-chile

Glad Chile finally gets on the road map for the big 8.

@Machpants said in June - July Internationals 2022:

Unavailable for selection due to injury: Manu Tuilagi, ...

You'd think they would just start like this on auto-type by now.

Chile

@ARHS I actually quite liked it when the Māori All Blacks played them, and Brazil a few years ago, although it wasn't of much use for the MABs as a means of developing players. Unfortunately, Brazil doesn't get to play a single test match during the June/July test window.

@Stargazer said in June - July Internationals 2022:

@ARHS I actually quite liked it when the Māori All Blacks played them, and Brazil a few years ago, although it wasn't of much use for the MABs as a means of developing players. Unfortunately, Brazil doesn't get to play a single test match during the June/July test window.

And we all LOVE Brazil rugby

Spain v Barbarians
Sun 26/6, 7.00am NZT (Sat 25/6, 9.00pm local Spanish time) - Estadio El Molinón Enrique Castro “Quini”, Gijón

Found a livestream of the Barbarians game with Spanish commentary. The half time score was 14 - 0 to the Barbarians.

The second half has now started and I notice that they're playing in a very empty stadium.

Haha, there seem to be some communication issues with the Spanish refs.

Reading on Rugbypass that this is the last game for Tom Wood (who has kicked at least two of the conversions), Devin Toner and Joe Tekori.

And now my stream has died.

The full time score is Barbarians 26 - 7 Spain.

I understand there were quite a few debutants in the Spanish side and from what I've seen of the game, they didn't play badly, despite the result.

Highlights from the second Japan v Uruguay game:

Hiding the result of Chile v Scotland A here, because those of you who have Premier Sports and haven't seen the game, have another chance to watch it:

Full time score:
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Chile 5 - 45 Scotland A
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I thought an interesting take on the ‘Tri Nations’ July games

Harry Jones  /  Jun 23, 2022

ANALYSIS: Key match ups and strategy, plus who will win and why, for July's three massive rugby Test series

Six of the oldest rugby nations will clash in July. A second Six Nations in the South. What plots await? Yes, France will play…

I haven't been able to find the Japan v France game in Sky's tv guide, so I assume they won't show it live or not at all. I also haven't seen that it will be livestreamed, although it may be worthwile keeping an eye on the World Rugby YouTube channel.

Because of that, there doesn't seem to be much reason for a separate match thread

Line-up Japan:

Is Kazuki Himeno injured?

@Bovidae Must be. He was named in the Japan WTG at the beginning of May, but hasn't played in the two tests against Uruguay either.

@Stargazer Vakatawa back and a deserved chance for Hastoy.

Italy beat Romania overnight in Bucharest. The full time score:

Romania 13 - 45 Italy

Result from yesterday:

Japan 23 - 42 France

On Monday morning (NZT time), Argentina XV beat Georgia 30 - 24 in Kutaisi, Georgia.

I think this result, as well as that of the Romania v Italy game (above), shows that Georgia and Romania aren't quite good enough to join the Six Nations. There still quite a bit weaker than Italy.