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[Michael Ashton]

I don't think a lot could be judged from todays game. It was very cold,wet and muddy and mistake free attacking rugby was impossible. The Raiders found it very difficult to break down a resolute BARLA defence and on a few occassions the Raiders defence was paper thin. Although Raiders won BARLA could and should have scored at least 2 further tries but mishandled. I agree it was a moral victory to BARLA.

Last week I chose Kurt Haggerty as my MOM and he followed that up with a hat trick this week. In addition he did a number of crunching tackles and handled well. I think he will have an excellent season.

Let's hope for decent weather next Sunday and a good crowd.

[Ben10]

Thanks a lot.

[Bob247]

Barrow Raiders Starting XIII: Dean McGilvray, Mike Backhouse, Chris Larkin, Max Wiper, Adam Clay, Sean Casey, Liam Campbell, Brad Brennan, Liam Finch, Danny Jones, Liam Harrison, Kurt Haggerty, Dan Toal.
Substitutes: James Dandy, Matthew Haggarty, Mike Whitehead, Lee Haney, Brad Marwood.
BARLA GB Starting XIII: Ryan Rogers, Tom Morby, Kieron Murphy, Scott Lofthouse, Mike Johnson, Ryan Smith, Richard George, Zac Johnson, Richard Hough, Richard Huby, Adam Nicholson, Sean Foster, Matt Huby.
Substitutes: Marcus O’Brien, David Lowery, Danny Lynch, Steve Marsh, Johnny Golding, Adam Thomason, Pat Foulston, Sam Forrester, Francis King.
Referee: Chris Leatherbarrow.
Attendance: 555.

[barrowraiderskid]

Is Casey an improvement on Kaighan or was it too hard to tell from todays game?

[morty]

well done to both sides in horrid conditions today.

i thought Adam Nicholson had a belting game for BARLA in the 2nd row.

I thought Kurt Haggerty and Bull were outstanding for Barrow and Casey's in field kicking was a revelation after last weeks very poor effort from our no 6

Best Team lost today

[bearman]

Is Casey an improvement on Kaighan or was it too hard to tell from todays game?

Yes, Casey did well for a debut. He fumbled and dropped the ball on his first touch of the game, but to be fair it didn't faze him.
Looks like we have a half decent stand off half.

[morty]

i noticed that Sean too a knock later on and Liam Campbell was also struggling from around half time....any news on these injuries ?

Lee

[Dibble]

Liam Campbell suffered a dead leg,hopefully he will be OK for next week,I'm not aware of any further injuries.

[morty]

• cheers mate