BetFred League 1 – 15 August 2021
Barrow Raiders 38 London Skolars 24
Despite a second half comeback, Skolars fell to another defeat as Barrow Raiders moved to the top of League 1.
The Cumbrians got off to a quick start with French international Hakim Miloudi weaving his way through the Skolars’ defence to open the scoring after three minutes. When Skolars lost possession close to their own, Luke Cresswell took advantage to touchdown.Jamie Dallimore put them further ahead finishing off a break down the left.
Skolars were hit with a further blow when Will Blakemore was helped off the field with a dislocated elbow. Barrow added a fourth try when Jake Carter split the defence for Dan Toal and rounded off a dominant first half when Ryan Duffy took a pass from short range to crash over the tryline.
The Londoners looked totally different in the second half, starting in the second minute when Paulos Latu made a break before a short Neil Thorman pass to Mike Greenhalgh opened their scoring.Another break by Latu saw Ryan Cane go close before Thorman forced a goal-line drop-out.They kept the pressure on and Aaron Small dived under the defence to score on the left.
Declan Hulme went over on the right for Barrow, but when Latu forced his way through after taking an inside pass from Abevia McDonald and Small raced onto a Jacob Thomas kick for his second try, converted by Thorman, the deficit was just eight points.
However, Barrow made certain of the win when Carl Forber’s pass opened a gap for Dan Morrow, Jamie Dallimore kicking his fifth conversion of the afternoon.
RAIDERS
1 Luke Cresswell
2 Tee Ritson
32 Hakim Miloudi
26 Ryan Shaw
5 Shaun Toal
16 Tom Hopkins
6 Jamie Dallimore
23 Gary Wheeler
19 Connor Terrill
9 Nathan Mossop
10 Carl Forber
11 Dan Morrow
12 Jarrod Stack
15 Dan Toal
Subs (all used)
39 Sam Dowsett
14 Jake Carter
3 Declan Hulme
8 Ryan Duffy
Tries :Miloudi (3), Cresswell (9), Dallimore (17), D Toal (25), Duffy (32), Hulme (57), Morrow (73)
Goals: Dallimore 5/7
ONDON SKOLARS
1 Jacob Thomas
5 Abevia McDonald
21 Paulos Latu
3 Aaron Small
2 Jerome Yates
6 Neil Thorman
7 Oli Leyland
10 Mike Greenhalgh
9 Louis Singleton
8 Christian Gale
24 Adam Vrahnos
11 Chris Ball
13 Will Blakemore
Subs (all used)
23 Ryan Cane
15 Mal Lloyd-Jones
18 Matt Ross
22 Michel Sykes
Tries: Greenhalgh (41), Small (54, 67), Latu (64)
Goals: Thorman 4/4
Penalty count: 8-7
Half-time: 28-0
Referee: Liam Rush
SCORING SEQUENCE: 6-0, 10-0, 16-0, 22-0, 28-0; 28-6, 28-12, 32-12, 32-18, 32-24, 38-24
