Home News Contact Us Committee Our Location Sponsors & Affiliates Links The Italian Job The Club It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the home of Minehead Barbarians Rugby Football Club here at The Tom Stewart Field, set between the Bristol Channel and the hills of Exmoor. Minehead Barbarians is a truly genuine amateur club with all players based in the locality of West Somerset. We pride ourselves in running three senior teams under a dedicated coaching staff headed by Club Coach Andy Stevens, with a successful Colts set up developing the senior players of the future. On behalf of the Committee and all the players here at M.B.R.F.C. I would to say a big thank you to all our Sponsors and Advertisers as without your help the Club would not be able to survive and we look forward to your continuing support. I save my last and biggest THANK YOU to all our Supporters who whether at home or have travelled many miles throughout the South West to away fixtures are a strength to this Club and greatly appreciated by the players.  Welcome to Minehead Barbarians Rugby Club HOME    1XV    2XV   STAGS   COLTS   PAST P & S   MINIS   NEWS   CONTACT   COMMITTEE    LOCATION   SPONSORS   LINKS    GALLERY   DOWNLOADS   HISTORY               Discover Websites   Huw Evans - Chairman LATEST: Tavistock 19 Minehead Barbarians 5                View all reports The Barbarians four year spell in the Western Counties league finally came to an end at Tavistock where they came up against a very big side and were never able to win the possession needed to open the game up . The Minehead forwards are young, fit and committed but faced with experienced opponents with a two stone a man weight advantage, they were always on the back foot. Old campaigners David Swann and Richard Henson bore the brunt of the close exchanges with  skipper Tom White and the ever improving Scott Langdon making every effort to get across the gain line from the limited possession available . Ryan Lewis , the only Minehead player to have played in every match of the campaign came up against a very strong opponent and stuck to his task despite being the victim of persistent pushing before the scrum was properly set . This eventually led to young hooker Joe Barrett receiving what could have been a much more serious neck injury , to emphasise how important it is for referees to control this aspect of the game. Tavistock were held to one score before the interval, Minehead were pushed off the ball in the set and  a powerful run down the considerable slope by their inside centre aided by some poor defending, brought a converted try . Minehead continued to play some attractive rugby throughout the match but the home side went further ahead when their right winger took advantage of an overlap to add the try. Winger Mike Hutchison pulled one back for Minehead after Karl Priddle once again created space from the back to link with Scott Langdon to deliver the scoring pass. Tavistock had the last word , a set move resulting in a converted try under the posts and a well earned 19- 5 victory to make their league position safe Karl Priddle was a strong contender for Man of the Match but was edged out by Richard Henson for a typical gutsy performance . Jamie Swann made a fleeting debut becoming the 10th Colt to be drafted in , emphasising the future potential of the side. Team K Priddle, D Westcott, L Browne, S Avison, M Hutchinson, J Coates, J Claydon, D Swann, J Barrett , R Lewis, S White, P Deary, S Langdon. T White (Captain) R Henson.   Rep F Little J Swann Minis and Juniors Sponsor