Barrow Raiders are the only team in the Betftred Championship without a win as they lost their fourth game 28-14 at York City Knights.
The home side couldn’t have asked for a better start as they scored in the first minute, with the Raiders unable to prevent Myles Harrison from diving over in the corner for an unconverted try.
Gradually Barrow started to force the pace and capitalised on a home error on their own 30 to set up an attack which eventually saw the Salford loanee Amir Bourouh spin out of a tackle and slip over the line. Jarrod Sammut’s conversion on 13 minutes gave Raiders the lead.
York regained the lead on 29 minutes when the ball went loose in the corner and it was Jesse Dee who was there to snap it up and dive in. James Glover put over the conversion.
Two minutes before the interval the Knights were reduced to 12 men when Jon Luke Kirby was sent to the sin bin. From the penalty Raiders shifted the ball quickly wide and Shane Toal crashed over in the corner to put the sides level at the break.
So 10-10 and all to play for but it was York who proved to be more decisive in the second-half and went on to win well.
It had started well enough for the Raiders when Sammut made a great break over 40 metres to set-up a great attacking position but unfortunately spilled the ball in the tackle.
York had Kirby back after eight minutes and they soon made his presence felt with a try on 51 minutes. Ata Hingano walked rather too easily through the Barrow defence and it was Kirby who took the pass to score with Glover converting.
Five minutes later they scored again, re-gathering the ball after initially seeming to lose possession and Hingano went through to touchdown with Glover converting.
Barrow needed to score next and they almost did. Sammut won a kick-and-chase and found Luke Cresswell with a ball inside but unfortunately he lost possession in the tackle ten metres short of the home line.
But the Raiders did get the try they needed on 65 minutes when Toal went in for his second and at 22-14 it wasn’t all over.
Indeed the Raiders were pressing when York broke to score the decisive final try. A kick through from Barrow had them appealing for an obstruction but it wasn’t given and Joe Brown raced 80 metres to score the final try which Glover converted.
