Halifax 25 Barrow Raiders 43: Torment continues as Halifax suffer again at hands of Raiders

Halifax had opened the scoring in the eighth minute when winger Rob Worrincy finished off a four-man move down the middle of the field to score under the posts.

The veteran stand-off Graham Holroyd added the conversion for a 6-0 lead, although Barrow equalised on the quarter hour mark when loose forward Zeb Luisi set up former Castleford and Wakefield forward Ned Catic on the right and half-back Jamie Rooney converted.

Halifax scored two more tries back to back as the half-hour mark approached, with winger Paul White first to race over before half-back Danny Jones touched down, with Holroyd converting both for an 18-6 advantage.

But Barrow closed the gap to 18-12 at the break when centre Chris Larkin scored, Rooney again on target.

The Raiders were level early in the second period after Michael Knowles stole in on the right, Rooney once again kicking the conversion.

Winger Andy Ballard then put them ahead, Rooney making it 24-18 with the kick, before Halifax tied the scores with 15 minutes remaining when hooker Bob Beswick sent Sam Barlow in and Holroyd kicked the goal.

Holroyd’s drop goal then put Halifax ahead at 25-24 with 10 minutes remaining, but it was the Raiders who finished the much stronger side, substitute Jack Hughes, Ballard and Rooney all crossing with Rooney kicking three more conversions and a drop goal.

Halifax: Greenwood; White, Haley, Nash, Worrincy; Holroyd, Jones; Gannon, Penkywicz, Cherryholme, Smith, Clayton, Barlow. Substitutes: Beswick, Watene, Chandler, Fairbank

Barrow Raiders: Broadbent; Ballard, Larkin, Harrison, Nixon; Rooney, Coyle; Walker, Mossop, Butler, Catic, Knowles, Luisi. Substitutes: Gleeson, James, Davies, Hughes

Referee: G Hewer (Whitehaven).