The Barbarians are a unique rugby club, with no natural home, membership by invitation only and a philosophy based on adventure and attack. The club was inspired by one man - William Percy Carpmael. He loved the culture behind the rugby tour and came up with the idea of regular short tours involving players of the highest skill levels.
In 1890 he took the Southern Nomads - mainly composed of players from Blackheath - on a tour to the north. In Leuchters Restaurant, Bradford, the concept of the Barbarians was agreed upon over an oyster supper.
The idea took off, and the club's spiritual home became the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, where the Barbarians always stayed on their Easter tours of Wales.
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