Scotland 31 Barbarians 74
A Murrayfield crowd of 28,626 who gathered to honour the memory of Gordon Brown were treated to a feast of rugby that 'Broon frae Troon' wouldhave revelled in.
The star of the show was undoubtedly Jonah Lomu, given a standing ovation by the crowd when he retired after 60 minutes.
The New Zealand scored four tries and handed several to colleagues when he had the line at his mercy.
For the Scots there was consolation in the performance of the youngsters who were being blooded in this match by coach Ian McGeechan.
The most notable success was centre Marcus di Rollo who scored the first home try off an interception and throughout showed the creativity somuch missing from the Scots' midfield this season.
Another big success was flanker Donny MacFadyen, though the former Scotland Under-21 captain was only on the field because another younghopeful, Andrew Mower, was injured after just 14 minutes.
The crowd was still coming into the stadium when Lomu registered the evening's first score.
And it was a classic Lomu try, driving up the wing from his own 22 after a Scotland attack had been stopped on the Baabaas' line.
Four minutes later he was at it again, though this time from only 40 metres. And two minutes later right-winger Friedrich Lombard touched downto leave Scotland trailed 15-0.
However, in an amazing turnaround, Scotland led 21-15 by the 18th minute with a huge contribution from the youngsters.
First di Rollo scored off an interception and then sent in Jon Petrie. Chris Patterson then crossed, with Duncan Hodge converting allthree.
This only annoyed the Baabaas who took their revenge with three tries in six minutes - two by Lomu and the other from Richard Cockerill courtesyof Lomu.
Scotland scored another through James McLaren but the Baabaas immediately replied for a half-time lead of 41-26.
It took only three minutes for the all star Barbarians to score from the restart, through Joost van der Westhuizen, and two in two minutes byKevin Maggs and Lombard soon followed.
Scotland were able to put in a sustained period of pressure with newcomer Donny MacFadyen's try the reward, but the Barbarians took their trycount to 12 with late contributions from Ben Clark and Pat Lamb.
Barbarians coach Bob Dwyer admitted that Lomu had been the difference between the two sides from the start.
"We had a pretty effective weapon on our side in the early part of the game," said Dwyer.
"We didn't do very much but Jonah did a lot and it doesn't surprise me how easily Jonah opens up defences.
"We probably hadn't done much when we went three tries up so it was good when Scotland came back."