BARBARIANS coach Robbie Deans, right,insists England missed an opportunity to test their players against New Zealand by preventing them from representing the Barbarians.
New Zealander Deans believes that by playing for the Barbarians, some of their Red Rose stars could have gained valuable exposure to the All Blacks instead of at a warm weather training camp in Portugal.
“It’s a great shame for those England players and it was a great oppor-tunity for them to experience the level,” Deans said. “So it’s been an opportunity missed because some of those 23 could h...