Barbarians Poor At Pittodrie

In front of a near-capacity 20,228 crowd at Pittodrie, Bob Dwyer’s Barbarians fell 38-7 to a rejuvenated Scotland on Tuesday night, despite the best efforts of seven Ireland players.

Barbarians Tour Test Match: Tuesday, May 24
Scotland 38 Barbarians 7, Pittodrie, Aberdeen FC
Scorers: Scotland: Tries: Andrew Henderson, Dougie Hall, Sean Lamont, Allan Jacobsen, Hugo Southwell; Cons: Chris Paterson 5; Pen: Paterson
Barbarians: Try: Andrea Lo Cicero; Con: David Humphreys

Scotland’s first Test outing in Aberdeen in 70 years was a successful saw interim boss Frank Hadden watched his troops run in five tries to the Baa-Baas’ one.

Italian prop Andrea Lo Cicero’s barge over try, with support from Munster and Ireland hooker Frankie Sheahan, on 25 minutes was the highlight of a disappointing display from the invitational side.

Captain and fly-half David Humphreys could do little as a series of errors saw the Barbarians’ attacks falter.

Scotland centre Andrew Henderson broke through the tackle of Wales’ Darren Morris and rounded Girvan Dempsey to open the scoring on 10 minutes.

Lo Cicero replied for the Baa-Baas on 25 minutes, and Humphreys’ conversion levelled it before a Chris Paterson penalty left the Scots 10-7 in front at the break.

The home side gradually pressed on in the second half, and substitute Dougie Hall grabbed their second try on the hour-mark, from a Mike Blair set-up.

On 70 minutes, winger Sean Lamont added their third, before Edinburgh duo Allan Jacobsen (79) and Hugo Southwell (86) wrapped up Scotland’s first win over the Baa-Baas in ten meetings.

An improved performance will be needed if they are to avoid a second defeat at the hands of England at Twickenham on Saturday (kick-off 3.00pm, live Sky Sports 3).

SCOTLAND: Chris Paterson (Edinburgh); Rory Lamont (Glasgow), Marcus Di Rollo (Edinburgh), Andrew Henderson (Glasgow), Sean Lamont (Glasgow); Gordon Ross (Leeds Tykes), Mike Blair (Edinburgh); Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh), Scott Lawson (Glasgow), Bruce Douglas (The Borders), Stuart Grimes (Newcastle Falcons), Scott Murray (Edinburgh), Kelly Brown (The Borders), Allister Hogg (Edinburgh), Joe Petrie (Glasgow) (Capt).

Replacements used: Dougie Hall (Edinburgh) for Lawson, Euan Murray (Glasgow) for Jacobsen (both 43 mins), Andrew Wilson (Glasgow) for Brown, Dan Parks (Glasgow) for Ross (both 62), Jacobsen for Douglas (67), Graeme Beveridge (Glasgow) for Blair, Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh) for R Lamont (both 70), Craig Hamilton (Newcastle Falcons) for Grimes (73).

BARBARIANS:

(15) Girvan Dempsey (Leinster/Ireland)
(14) Brian Lima (Samoa)
(13) Matt Burke (Australia)
(12) Kevin Maggs (Ulster/Ireland)
(11) Sireli Bobo (Fiji)
(10) David Humphreys (Ireland) (Capt)
(9) Bryan Redpath (Scotland)
(1) Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy)
(2) Frank Sheahan (Munster/Ireland)
(3) Darren Morris (Wales)
(4) Gary Longwell (Ulster/Ireland)
(5) AJ Venter (South Africa)
(6) Owen Finegan (Australia)
(7) Eric Miller (Leinster/Ireland)
(8) Semo Sititi (Samoa)

Replacements used: Raphael Ibanez (France) for Sheahan (6-14 mins, 65-ft), Kenny Logan (Scotland) for Lima (47), Thomas Castaignede (France) for Burke (57), Mark Robinson (New Zealand) for Redpath (60), Selborne Boome (South Africa) for Finegan, Johnny O’Connor (Wasps/Ireland) for Sititi (both 66), Cobus Visagie (South Africa) for Morris (71), Sititi for Logan (76), Redpath for Bobo (79).

HT: Scotland 10 Barbarians 7; Attendance: 20,228
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)