Match Report | Barrow Raiders 8-6 Sheffield Eagles

Sheffield Eagles were beaten for the second time in successive games this afternoon after an 8-6 defeat against Barrow Raiders.

Mark Aston hoped they could bounce back with a win after a 22-34 defeat at home to Swinton Lions ended a four-game winning streak in the Betfred Championship.

Two changes were named to the starting thirteen for the trip to Barrow as Jack Hansen and Ryan Johnson both came in to start in place of Bayley Liu and Izaac Farrell.

Alex Foster returned to start on the bench following his recent suspension, while there was also a place on the bench for striker Blake Broadbent.

After a quiet opening fifteen minutes in the North West, the home side took the lead in the 17th minute after Regan Sumner’s drive down the right was finished by full-back Luke Cresswell to the right of the posts.

After going 4-0 ahead, Sheffield managed to claw their way back into the contest as a Barrow kick at the last tackle was loaded by Joel Farrell who collected the ball and raced on to score. Aston added extra with a touchline conversion to put us 4-6 ahead.

But after being awarded a penalty 30 yards from the sticks, Ryan Shaw leveled for the hosts with a penalty to send both sides level in the sheds at half-time.

It was another tie in the first ten minutes of the second half, but at 50^th Closer to the minute, Ben Jones-Bishop got the ball down in the right-hand corner after quick hands from Matty Marsh and Kris Welham, but the touch referee’s flag went up when the winger was deemed to have put his foot in touch.

The Eagles had another brilliant chance to go ahead soon after when Marsh’s break saw him go for the line, but a Barrow defender did brilliantly to turn the Sheffield full-back on his back as he lost the ball in preparation to the ground. the ball.

Thirteen minutes from time Barrow went back in front when Shaw added a penalty in front of the posts as they held on for the narrowest of wins in the Betfred Championship.

The Eagles are back in action at home next Sunday when we welcome Whitehaven to Olympic Legacy Park in Round 17 of the Betfred Championship (3pm KO).

Barrow Raiders: Cresswell, Sumner, Broadbent, Toal, Shaw, B.Walker, Costello, Silva, Smith, Gilham, Greenwood, Stack, Worthington

Subs: Wood, Rothwell, Brown, T. Walker

18^th Man: Carter

Tries: Cresswell (17′)

Goals: Shaw (2/3)

Sheffield Eagles: Marsh, Jones-Bishop, Welham, Johnson, Dawson-Jones, Aston, Hansen, Battye, Halafihi, Dickinson, Bower, J.Farrell, Gwaze

Subs: Broadbent, Wood, Foster, Sene-Lefao

18^th Male: Hodgson

Tries: J.Farrell (30′)

Conversions: Aston (1/1)

Referee: B. Milligan

Attendance: 1,152