Do you have a record of previous England vs. Barbarians results? And who has scored most points in a match in this fixture? asked Dave Milton, England
The first match was staged in 1990 to mark the centenary of the Barbarian Club. After this year's game, England now lead the series 8-7. Twickenham has hosted each game.
Results up to 2015:
1990: England XV 18-16
2001: Barbarians 43-29
2002: England XV 53-29
2003: Barbarians 49-36
2004: Barbarians 32-12
2005: Barbarians 52-39
2006: England XV 46-19
2008: England XV 17-14
2009: Barbarians 33-26
2010: England XV 35-26
2011: Barbarians 38-32
2012: England XV 57-26
2013: England XV 40-12
2014: Barbarians 39-29
2015: England XV 73-12
The individual record for most points in a match in this series was set by the former All Black Bruce Reihana. He collected 22 points playing for the Barbarians in 2005.
Danny Cipriani holds the corresponding record for England with 33 in the 2015 match -- two tries, 10 conversions and a penalty -- to resoundly beat Dave Walder's previous record of 21.
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John Griffiths is a widely respected rugby historian and is the author of several sports books, including The Book of English International Rugby, The Book of International Rugby Records, British Lions, The Five Nations Championship, Rugby's Strangest Matches and Rugby's Greatest Characters. He was a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph for 19 years and is co-author of the IRB International Rugby Yearbook. He has also provided insight for Scrum.com since 1999.
