Miserable night as Dons are stunned by Raiders

Doncaster slid to their 20th successive defeat as Barrow chalked up a comfortable Northern Rail Cup victory.

The home side were simply no match for their Championship opponents despite a promising start.

Barrow looked sluggish in the opening stages and the Dons were surprisingly more than a match for them in the first 15 minutes.

But once the visitors settled into their stride the game was quickly settled as they ran in four tries in the space of eight minutes.

Winger Jarryn Osborne was close to giving Doncaster a shock lead in the fifth minute when he burst through but he was held just yards short of the line.

But the visitors gradually re-grouped and the floodgates eventually opened after Andy Henderson touched down in the 14th minute.

Two tries from James Nixon and two more from Mike Knowles and Andy Bracek helped Barrow to put the match out of the home side’s reach as Doncaster began to fade away badly.

Zeb Luisi and Jamie Rooney – who also kicked eight goals – scored further touchdowns to pile on the misery for a defelated Doncaster.

Two tries from Ned Katic early in the second half put Barrow out of sight and they added a 10th in the last minute through Nathan Mossop with Knowles and Richard Fletcher landing further conversions.

Doncaster: Griffiths, Osborne, Leaf, Gomersall, Collins, Edwards, Fawcett, Bates, Healey, Shaw, Howlett, L Brown, Steen. Substitutes: P Brown, Bovill, Anderson, Burns.

Barrow Raiders: Broadbent, Ballard, Halliwell, Harrison, Nixon, Luisi, Rooney, McDermott, Henderson, Young, Knowles, Katic, Fletcher. Substitutes: Bracek, Roberts, Mossop, Noone.

Referee: P Brooke (RFL).