A superb fight-back by Barrow Raiders earned them a 24-24 home draw with Bradford Bulls and lifted them out of the relegation zone.
The Raiders had trailed 18-8 at half-time and inside 14 minutes of the second-half that had grown to 24-8 – but from that point it was all about Barrow.
In the end to a pulsating recovery they needed a conversion from Ryan Shaw two minutes from the end to earn the precious point.
The Bulls, who included Barrow’s former half-back Jarrod Sammut, opened the scoring after only seven minutes when Tom Holmes sliced through for an unconverted try.
The home defence was put under tremendous pressure in the first quarter of the game and on 17 minutes Bradford increased their lead with a try in the corner from Jayden Okunbur.
They scored again on 23 minutes when Zac Fulton took advantage of a shortage of Barrow defenders to touch down, and this time Jordan Lilley put over the conversion for a 14-0 lead.
Barrow did get on the scoresheet five minutes later through a Ryan Shaw try after a mistake by Okunbur and it looked as though they were really back on business on 31 minutes when Brad Walker sent Luke Broadbent racing in for a second unconverted try.
Having seemingly got themselves back in the contest at 14-8, the Raiders switched-off again two minutes from half-time and Kevin Appo had a stroll in at the corner.
On 53 minutes Bradford scored again through Kieran Gill and Lilley converted to give the Bulls a 16-point lead heading towards the last quarter.
But Barrow showed the right attitude to take the game to Bradford and they came back with a try on 58 minutes. Broadbent chipped to the corner on last tackle and Andrew Bulman was first there to touchdown.
On 65 minutes the fight-back gained momentum. Sammut, on loan from Workington after working abroad for six weeks, dropped the ball on his own line and Josh Wood was there to take full advantage with a touchdown which Shaw improved.
Barrow really went for it after that and both Tom Walker and Aaron Smith were held-up on the Bradford line.
It was mostly all Barrow, with Bradford relying on the occasional break-out, but they were defending well – until two minutes from the end. Luke Cresswell had been held-up on the line before Max Clarke was there to follow a kick through and get the vital touchdown.
The kick would decide the destination of the points. Shaw made no mistake and it was a point apiece after what was definitely a game of two halves.
