{"id":294220,"date":"2023-11-05T01:24:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T01:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294220"},"modified":"2023-11-05T01:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T01:24:37","slug":"wales-49-26-barbarians-alun-wyn-jones-enjoys-memorable-final-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/wales-49-26-barbarians-alun-wyn-jones-enjoys-memorable-final-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales 49-26 Barbarians: Alun Wyn Jones enjoys memorable final display"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Wales 49-26 Barbarians: Alun Wyn Jones signs off with try as he bids farewell in style alongside Justin Tipuric and Leigh Halfpenny &#8211; who bags five conversions in memorable Cardiff clash<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wales secured a 49-26 win over Barbarians that allowed greats to bid farewell\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leigh Halfpenny and Justin Tipuric played for last time in exciting Cardiff clash\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alun Wyn Jones signed off with a try and man of the match for the Barbarians\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This was a celebration for Welsh greats Alun Wyn Jones, Leigh Halfpenny and Justin Tipuric as they all turned out for a final time at international level in front of their adoring public.<\/p>\n<p>But the pre-match revelation that Fiji lock Api Ratuniyarawa \u2013 who had due to be on the bench for the Barbarians at Principality Stadium \u2013 had appeared in Cardiff Magistrates&#8217; Court charged with three separate counts of sexual assault made for grim news.<\/p>\n<p>Ratuniyarawa has been charged with penetrating two women with his finger and touching the breast and body of a third woman in a Cardiff nightclub last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As soon as we were contacted by South Wales Police we co-operated fully, assisting them with their enquiries,&#8217; the Barbarians said in a statement.&#8217;On their advice we can&#8217;t comment any further as the investigation is ongoing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Barbarians coaches Eddie Jones and Scott Robertson didn&#8217;t front the media post-match. Ratuniyarawa, 37, denies the charges. He has been bailed and will return to Cardiff Crown Court on December 4. His arrest added another layer of controversy to what was already a disputed game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/16\/77402851-0-image-a-1_1699117112631.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alun Wyn Jones and Leigh Halfpenny bid farewell in style in a memorable Wales win over Barbarians\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/16\/77402853-0-image-a-2_1699117118898.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Wales captain Jones signed off with a try as his Barbarians side were beaten 49-26<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/16\/77398905-0-Api_Ratuniyarawa_has_been_charged_with_sexual_assault_and_attend-a-3_1699117131993.jpg\" height=\"409\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Api Ratuniyarawa was missing after being charged with sexual assault and attended magistrates court on the same day he was scheduled to turn out for the Barbarians<\/p>\n<p>The fact this match even took place at all angered many given it took place just a week after the World Cup final and on the same day as Wales&#8217; regions were in domestic action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ratuniyarawa, unfortunately, added to the negativity. But that shouldn&#8217;t take anything away from the feats of Alun Wyn Jones, Tipuric and Halfpenny who have all had fine Test careers.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it was Halfpenny and Wales who came out on top in what was an uncapped Test.<\/p>\n<p>Halfpenny ended with a 100 per cent success rate from the kicking tee in a Welsh win that saw Warren Gatland&#8217;s side score seven tries. Halfpenny was given a standing ovation when he went off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/16\/77402859-0-image-a-4_1699117142187.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wales&#8217; opening try came through Dewi Lake after George North (pictured)&#8217;s clean break<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/16\/77402901-0-image-a-5_1699117167870.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Halfpenny enjoyed five conversions on his farwell to go out for his country in style\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>MATCH FACTS<\/h3>\n<p>Wales tries: Lake, Rogers, Costelow, Plumtree, Wainwright, Hardy (2)Cons: Halfpenny (5), Evans (2)<\/p>\n<p>Barbarians tries: Kuruvoli (2), Jones, T HooperCons: Sanchez (2), Donaldson<\/p>\n<p>Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)<\/p>\n<p>Attendance: 53,271<\/p>\n<p>Star man: Alun Wyn Jones (Barbarians)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To score 49 points means you&#8217;ve got to be happy,&#8217; said Wales head coach Gatland. &#8216;We talked about leaving Leigh on for 80 minutes but we got the opportunity to bring him off.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The reception he got from the crowd was a testament to him as a player and person. For those three players to have that game was incredibly special.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Alun Wyn Jones, who scored for the Barbarians, was named man of the match as \u2013 like Halfpenny and Tipuric \u2013 he bid farewell to Test rugby.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I want to thank the crowd who have come here for 18 years through the good times and the bad,&#8217; he said. &#8216;The man of the match was a bit of tokenism. I&#8217;ll take it gracefully.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Halfpenny, who has been a superstar full-back for Wales for 15 years, led the teams out in front of a decent crowd of 53,271.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alun Wyn Jones and Tipuric followed their former team-mate, this time playing against the country of their birth in the famous black and white shirts. Both were accompanied by their children.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/16\/77402863-0-image-a-6_1699117178184.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Justin Tipuric also played for the final time, with Kieran Hardy (R) scoring a brace<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/17\/77402917-0-image-a-7_1699117275027.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jones was named man of the match &#8211; seemingly an excuse for him to be rightly applauded for the last time<\/p>\n<p>It was fitting Halfpenny produced a perfect kicking record given in his final Wales game given his remarkable accuracy from the tee has been one of the defining characteristics of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Welsh tries came from Dewi Lake, Tom Rogers, Sam Costelow, Taine Plumtree and Aaron Wainwright before Kieran Hardy added gloss to the score with a late brace. Simione Kuruvoli crossed twice for the Barbarians before Alun Wyn Jones grabbed the most popular try of the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Hooper&#8217;s effort was a late consolation before Hardy go to work.<\/p>\n<p>Having said goodbye to a host of retiring greats at this fixture, Wales now have to look to the future. The Six Nations could be tough, but Gatland remains optimistic. George North, who had a fine World Cup and another game here, is one reason for Welsh positivity.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12710493\/Wales-49-26-Barbarians-Alun-Wyn-Jones-signs-try-bids-farewell-alongside-Justin-Tipuric-Leigh-Halfpenny-bags-five-conversions-memorable-Cardiff-clash.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Wales 49-26 Barbarians: Alun Wyn Jones signs off with try as he bids farewell in style alongside Justin Tipuric and Leigh Halfpenny &#8211; who bags <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/wales-49-26-barbarians-alun-wyn-jones-enjoys-memorable-final-display\/\" title=\"Wales 49-26 Barbarians: Alun Wyn Jones enjoys memorable final display\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wales 49-26 Barbarians: Alun Wyn Jones enjoys memorable final display - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/wales-49-26-barbarians-alun-wyn-jones-enjoys-memorable-final-display\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wales 49-26 Barbarians: Alun Wyn Jones enjoys memorable final display - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wales 49-26 Barbarians: Alun Wyn Jones signs off with try as he bids farewell in style alongside Justin Tipuric and Leigh Halfpenny &#8211; 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