Brussels Barbarians
Full name	Brussels Barbarians Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Baba's
Founded	1968
Ground	The Elephant pitch
President	Stuart Dowset
League	Belgian Elite League
2005-06	6th
Home colours		Away colours

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Brussels Barbarians are the largest expatriate rugby club in Belgium. The club was formed in 1968. The men play competitively in matches every Sunday afternoon between September and May in the Belgian Elite League. The 2nd men’s team play their rugby in the National Elite Reserve Division. The ladies play every Saturday in the Belgian National First Division. Matches are played throughout Belgium. The Belgian Elite League is the premier mens rugby union league in Belgium. ...

Teams play at their home ground, named the Elephant pitch, in Tervuren, a suburb of Brussels. The home off the pitch is "The Pub", located in the Schuman area of Brussels. The Baba's are a truly multi-national, multicultural club, with members from over 30 nationalities turning out in the last 2 seasons! For the German composer, see Robert Schumann Robert Schuman in 1958, receiving Karlspreis in the city of Aachen Robert Schuman (29 June 1886-4 September 1963) was a noted German-born French politician who is regarded as one of the founders of the European Union. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums[] Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ...

With over 150 members the club has always had a lively social scene. Annual events include: Captains' Cocktails, Xmas Dinner, Halloween party, our annual international 10’s tournament and an end of season Awards Dinner. Further, in recent years, club teams have represented the club on tours to Stockholm, Majorca, Tallinn, Prague, Barcelona, Bulgaria and Boston. The Baba's are a partner club of Saracens. This 1922 Ladies Home Journal advertisement uses Xmas. Xmas and X-mas are common abbreviations of the word Christmas. They are sometimes pronounced eksmas, but they, and variants such as Xtemass, originated as handwriting abbreviations for the pronunciation Christmas. The -mas part came from the Anglo-Saxon for festival, religious... Halloween or Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets, fruit, and other gifts. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... Majorca (Mallorca in Catalan and Spanish, sometimes also encountered in English),: from Latin insula maior, later Maiorica, (major island) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are a part of Spain. ... County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ... Nickname: City of a Hundred Spires Motto: Praga Caput Rei publicae Location within the Czech Republic Coordinates: Country Czech Republic Region Capital City of Prague Founded 9th century  - Mayor Pavel Bém Area    - City 496 km²  (191. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (Catalan) Ciudad Condal (Spanish) Postal code 08001-08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... For the rugby club Saracens see Saracens (rugby club) The term Saracen comes from Greek sarakenoi. ...

Club History

In September 1968 a group of expatriate British rugby players decided to form a club in order to continue playing the sport in the manner in which they were accustomed back home, especially the well known after the match social aspects. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ...

Over the next few years things developed rapidly. In 1970, the second XV was born, by 1972 the Belgian National side had been beaten and the Belgian Cup won.

In 1973, the third XV was launched and with a steadily improving fixture list they were playing with credit such sides as Coventry, Blackheath, Newbridge and Public School Wanderers. The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... Blackheath is the name of a number of places: Blackheath, London, England Blackheath, West Midlands, England Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia See also Blackheath Rugby Club – founded 1858. ... Newbridge is the name of at least two places: Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland - sometimes known by its Irish name, Droichead Nua Newbridge, Wales (traditionally in Monmouthshire), United Kingdom Newbridge, Wolverhampton, a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might...

In 1974 the Belgian Cup was won again. This halcyon period continued unabated through to the club’s very successful tour of the USA in May 1978, when they played seven matches and the first XV remained unbeaten against the best sides on the East Coast.

Since 1978 the club has continued to remain one of the most active and successful ex-patriate clubs in Europe. During this latter period the standard of Belgian Rugby and the number of clubs has increased significantly. This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...

In 1982 they won the Belgian Cup for the third time and finished off with a successful tour to Canada.

In 1980 the Baba's entered the Belgian League division five. During the following years they worked their way through the divisions gaining promotion in successive seasons and took the championship of the Premier Division at their first attempt in 1985.

At the end of that season the club celebrated with their third major tour, this time to Colorado, USA. Whilst since then they have failed to emanate winning the championship, they have had successful tours to Spain, Czechoslovakia, Boston, Estonia and Majorca. Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Majorca (Mallorca in Catalan and Spanish, sometimes also encountered in English),: from Latin insula maior, later Maiorica, (major island) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are a part of Spain. ...

The club has also organised International charity rugby matches in 1986-87-90-91. These brought to Belgium many of the most famous rugby players of the 1970s and early 1980’s from the Five Nations to play against a Belgian Select side - which at the same time raised over BF 2.5 million for various deserving charities. The last occasion in 1991 was for the support of the Belgian wife and children of Brussels British’s captain Lesley Joyce following his tragic death in a car crash a few months earlier.

Whilst the majority of players come from Great Britain and Ireland, there are nearly always members from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, USA plus other neighbouring European countries. They once had all three of the Western Samoan’s Ambassador’s sons playing for us, the oldest Vince Fepuleia going on to play for Western Samoa against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park in 1988. The Independent State of Samoa (conventional long form) or Samoa (conventional short form) is a country comprising a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. ... This article is about the country. ... Cardiff Arms Park is a stadium complex situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. ...

During the mid 1980s the Barbarians fielded a first XV with players from 11 different countries. In 2003, the Barbarians had no fewer than 22 nations represented within its ranks. Despite the British orgins of the club, they are really just an English-speaking club welcoming players of any nationality, and always have a few Belgian players in their membership. Indeed they are very proud that one of our Belgian members and a former player, Freddy Thielemans, is currently Mayor of Brussels.

Since 1995 there has also been a successfully run a Ladies XV.

Further our symbol, the Manneken-Pis with a rugby ball under his arm is a unique and now famous emblem amongst world rugby clubs.

The club President is Stuart Dowset

The club Chairman is Martin Donaghy

The club's Head Coach is Stuart Brady. He is interviewed here [1]

The club Captain is Neale Richmond. He is interviewed here [2]

The Ladies Club Captian is Danielle Kindree.

Men's Rugby

The men’s 1st and 2nd team always play at home on the same weekend and away on the same weekend to maximize socializing and club spirit.

The men's manager is Kevin Weaver.

The current men's squad includes players from Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Canada, Belgium, Peru, Austria, Argentina, Portugal, Holland, France, The United States, Australia, Zimbabwe,South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, Denmark and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Honours:

Belgian League Champions: 1985

Belgian Cup Champions: 1972,74,82

Barbarians Squad 2006/07

Nationality	Player	Position
	Paul Laffin	Prop
	Sean O'Neill	Prop
	Jeff Irvine	Prop
	Peter Verbist	Prop
	Dave Becnel	Prop
	Kunteel Barua	Prop
	Glenn Mallette	Prop
	Ed Cutting	Prop
	Ed Thomas	Prop
	Neale Richmond	Hooker
	Mani Dehimi	Hooker
	Henry Stafford	Hooker
	Johnathan Demaray	Hooker
	Matt Diedrich	Hooker
	Ricky Johnston	Hooker
	Daniele Nardi	Lock
	Stu Horne	Lock
	Jimmy Parker	Lock
	Simon MacDermott	Lock
	Peter Bautmanns	Lock
	Steve Meier	Lock
	Benoit Dejean	Lock
	Martin Gegenschatz	Lock
	Guillermo de las Casas	Lock
	John Mac Lachlan	Lock
	Jaco Mac Lachlan	Flanker
	Oli Hockley	Flanker
	Ben Sisk	Flanker
	Anthony Bennett	Flanker
	Nuno Campo	Flanker
	John Allen	Flanker
	Rowley Merricks	Flanker
	Scott Mitchell	Flanker
	Malcolm MacDowell	Number 8
	Mat Hocken	Number 8
	James Atkins	Scrum Half
	Neil Massinon	Scrum Half
	Nick Beeby	Scrum Half
	Johnathan LaFontaine	Scrum Half
	Carlos Mandelosi	Scrum Half
	Dewald Du Plooy	Outhalf
	Graeme Forbes	Outhalf
	Pete Vanovertfeld	Outhalf
	Andrew Battersby	Outhalf
	Joseff Williams	Centre
	Tommy Thackaray	Centre
	John McGuffin	Centre
	Frank Michel	Centre
	Jorge Bulleraich	Centre
	Rich Pearce	Centre
	Tim Eestermans	Centre
	Joel Liebl	Centre
	Ronan Gallagher	Wing
	Abel Okal	Wing
	Charlie Nyangaga	Wing
	Simone Bosseli	Wing
	Nick Farnsworth	Wing
	Simon Webb	Wing
	Bertrand Lechvallier	Wing
	Dave Keating	Wing
	Olle Svensson	Wing
	Michel Derville	Wing
	Shane Massinon	Wing
	Alister Smuts	Fullback
	Jim Allen	Fullback
	Vincent McGovern	Fullback
	Martin Donaghy	Fullback
	Antoine Larpin	Fullback
	Stuart Brady	Coach
	Kevin Weaver	Manager
	Anthony Gates	Assistant Manager

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Schedule 2006/07

Women's Rugby

The Lady Barbarians had a successful 2005-2006 season winning the Belgian Championship.

For the first time in the history of the club, the ladies team went home with the Belgian championship after a nail-biting game against Dendermonde. After playing 20 extra minutes of regulation time, the game was decided by penalty kicks, with the barbarians coming out on top. In addition to the championship win, the ladies also walked away with the Belgian cup and the Flemish cup, a true triple crown! In addition to these successes they were very proud when seven of the ladies were selected to play for the Belgian national squad. As we become more successful, they are attracting more and more talented players from all over the world who bring different skills and talents to Belgian rugby.

Club Mascot

This charmingly expressive statue, which has come to symbolise Brussels, was sculpted in 1619 by Francois Duquesnoy and is traditionally supposed to owe its existence to a rich merchant from Brussels, whose small son had run away from home. François Duquesnoy (January 12, 1597 Brussels – July 12, 1643 Livorno) was a prominent Baroque sculptor in Rome. ...

Summoning troops and police to scour the town in search of the lost infant, the merchant vowed that if his son was found alive, he would commission a statue to commemorate the event. History does not record why the little boy (“manneken” in Flemish dialect) was naked - only what he was busy doing at the time when found.

During the next 250 years, the fountain provided the area around the City Hall with drinking water and may, in fact, be the first recorded occasion on which a local government may have been able to claim with justifiable pride that “this water has been passed by the management”.

Mannekin Pis, also known to some as “le petit Julien” (the family jewels?), has become Brussels’ oldest and best-known citizen. Ever since he first appeared on the Brussels scene, he has been presented with innumerable sets of clothes in an amazing and varied collection of styles.

Almost every leading political figure in the past 350 years, from King Louis XV of France onwards, has taken time off from his State tour of Brussels to present Manneken Pis with a new outfit. Indeed, on most days, Manneken Pis is dressed in one of his suits, which are on permanent display in the Brussels City Museum. Manneken Pis is also an honorary Master Sergeant of the U.S. Marine Corps, having received his “promotion” and a dress-uniform to prove it from General Dwight D. Eisenhower, following the liberation of Brussels by the allies in World War II.

External links

• Brussels Barbarians
• The Barbarian Shop
• The Pub
• Belgian Rugby Federation