Bridport battered by Barbarians (From Dorset Echo)

Bridport battered by Barbarians

5:00pm Wednesday 13th February 2013 in Rugby By David Williams, Sports Reporter

Bridport 10 Ivel Barbarians 43

BRIDPORT suffered a fourth defeat in five in Dorset & Wilts One South as they had no answer to the league leaders’ supremacy.

The visitors scored the first of their half-a-dozen tries as early as the sixth minute but Bridport did hit back with a Bob Lester-Card penalty.

But 5-3 was as good as it got for the hosts who conceded three further tries in the first half as the Barbarians secured a bonus point inside 40 minutes.

All three were converted while a penalty made it 29-3 at the break, leaving Bridport with a daunting second half ahead of them.

However, they came out the stronger after the restart and got a try of their own when flanker Dan Postles touched down and Lester-Card converted.

But there was to be no great fight back and the Barbarians responded just two minutes later with a fifth score, then in the 75th-minute they repeated the feat. Both were converted to make it 43-10.

“They are the best team we’ve played in the league,” said Bridport team manager Arthur Barclay. “They were well-drilled in all departments.

“We had a few players out but should have put on a better show. We had a good spell after half-time and put pressure on them but they defended well on their own line.

“We nearly had a try when Rob Sullivan was held up over the line but other than that we were chasing the game.”