Wales snub Barbarians match offer

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The Barbarians have had an offer to the Welsh Rugby Union to stage a pre-tour match in Cardiff turned down despite the bulk of the Welsh squad having no meaningful rugby for five weeks before they head to South Africa.

Wales play the first of two Tests against the Springboks on June 14 but many of their side will not have played since May 10. The Rugby Paper reported the Barbarians told the WRU they were “available and willing” to provide an opposition in the week after they meet an England XV at Twickenham on June 1.

But the WRU snubbed the offer, meaning the Welsh side go into the Test series cold. The Spingboks, by comparison, are involved in the Super Rugby series and also have a warm-up against a World XV in Cape Town on June 7.

The decision is stranger because coach Warren Gatland has floated the idea of playing a trial game to get his players some match time. The WRU is also keen to bring in cash and a Barbarians fixture is likely to attract at least 50,000 to the Millennium Stadium.

@espnscrum The worst thing about this saga is that the WRU has known about this for years, done nothing and typically panicking at last min.

— David Moffett (@moffettrugby) April 23, 2014

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Wales snub Barbarians match offer