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: Minehead Barbarians 11   Tiverton 5          View all reports The real significance of this result was the vital two points that lifted Minehead above their Devon neighbours in the Tribute Western Counties League but it is also worth noting  it was the first time that they had beaten them  at 1st Xv level in the last 40 years and possibly  ever.  With  Rob Webber still out with a broken finger, Minehead welcomed the return of Tom Claydon to inject power  in the second row and for the first 20 minutes they totally dominated the game up front but were again unable to create space in midfield and had only a Dave Farmer penalty to show for it until just before half time whilst Tivvy  were down to 14 with a man in the bin, scrum half Martin Cook spotted a blind side  gap on the top touch  to showed real  pace  beating  the winger  and  the covering fullback to touch down half way out.  The kick failed but with an 8 -0 halftime lead Minehead looked well set to go on and improve things in the second half.  Tiverton , however , had other ideas, they too had limitations in the backs but their fly half kicked effectively and penned the home side down in the bottom corner , where eventually  the pressure told and prop Rob Simmons force his way over to bring things back to 8-5.  The game then took a bizarre turn as the ref showed the yellow card to three  Minehead players in quick succession  Richard Henson for pulling a man down in the lineout , Tom Claydon for an alleged slap and  Richard Parsons for emulating the All Blacks  and failing to retire quickly enough from an offside position  and receive his yellow on hearing the ref pronounce ‘Lazy Running ‘ ! At this stage, it seemed that Minehead’s 3 point lead  could not be enough but to their eternal credit , down to twelve men  for almost 10 minutes  , they not only held out but succeeded in wheeling a couple of vital scrums on their line  to gain the put in and a few precious yards.  Restored to full strength for the last 10 minutes they eventually forced Tiverton into holding on and conceding a penalty in a kickable position. Dave Farmer made no mistake and Minehead were able to close the game out at 11-5. They have been on the wrong end of several similar tight games this season and thoroughly deserved this morale booster. Hopefully with a few players returning from injury  they will be able to close out more vital games in the second round of matches in the new year. The bad news is that Justin Harris  , whose versatility has  been  of such value in recent weeks , has suffered further damage to his cornea and will be out for at least three months.  Scott Langdon who defended superbly at no 12 is rapidly becoming another Mr Versatile having appeared at Flanker, Hooker and on the wing so far. Colin Howells  made a welcome return to celebrate his 44th birthday a couple of days before and as always played a key role not only leading the pack and organising the defence  but ensuring  that the Minehead lineout jumpers could win their own ball with his accurate throwing in. However, even he was out done in the Veteran Stakes  by the Tiverton scrum half who was also restored to add his many years experience.  He  was 47! Team. T. Bishop, O Thomas, S. Langdon, J White, J Claydon, D Farmer, M Cook, R Lewis, C Howells, R Parsons, D Webber T Claydon  R Henson D Swann, T White.(capt)     D Thresher, R Cox, D Westcott Minis and Juniors Sponsor THIS SATURDAY