Home News Contact Us Committee Our Location Sponsors & Affiliates Links The Italian Job The Club HOME    1XV    2XV   STAGS   COLTS   PAST P & S   MINIS   NEWS   CONTACT   COMMITTEE    LOCATION   SPONSORS   LINKS    GALLERY   DOWNLOADS   HISTORY               Discover Websites     1st XV      2nd XV      STAGS       COLTS Minis and Juniors Sponsor Minehead Barbarians colts  46   Chard colts  0 The pleasure of a second successive big home win, by the Barbarians colts was only marred by the injury to forward Josh Parker. Josh suffered a broken ankle in a tackle and we all hope for his speedy recovery. Playing up the college slope in the first half, Minehead made the perfect start, Lynch picked up at the first scrum and barged through a couple of tackle before slipping the ball to Claydon who chipped ahead. Scott Langdon won the race to score, Dyer converted. While Chard had the advantage of the slope, the pace and enthusiasm of the home defence was noticeable, often tackling the visitors behind the advantage line. Minehead scored again before the half time break with a text book line-out catch and drive, Claydon at scrum half joined the maul to score. The big positives on view in the first half were the aggressive tackling, and the willingness to run the ball at all opportunities, sometimes when perhaps there were wiser options! In addition there were signs that the midfield of Pound, Grove and Mallinson may be able to develop into a slick unit. Swan and Langdon dominated the loose play. Swan wining numerous turnovers, and Langdon harassing the visitor’s ball. Josh Parker’s injury on the stroke of half-time, and the use of many replacement players could have disrupted the Barbarians badly, but instead they went from strength to strength. First a powerful burst by Mallinson sent Dyer over for a converted try, then Lynch powered in to score. Dyer crossed for his second score, then Coleman barged his way through after some elusive running by Hurley. The final points came from tries by Jack Langdon, and Claydon, whose converted score rounded off a good performance by Minehead. While there is no shortage of enthusiasm, the team do need to add a little more discipline to their game if this success is to be built on and improved. Man of the match performances were shared between Jamie Swan and Max Mallinson. BACK TO MATCH REPORTS