Halifax held off an astonishing second-half fightback to complete a Co-operative Championship double over champions Barrow with a 42-34 victory at Craven Park to move into second place behind leaders Featherstone. The visitors were well on course to avenge their defeat in last year's Grand Final when they led 24-0 after 30 minutes thanks to tries from Jon Goddard (2), Dylan Nash and David Wrench, all converted by Lee Patterson. However, the Raiders scored six second-half tries through Keal Carlile, Michael Knowles, Martin Ostler, Andreas Bauer, Liam Harrison and Jamie Rooney, who also kicked five goals, to close the gap at one stage to just two points. Halifax added further tries through Sam Barlow and Shad Royston to maintain their lead but they could not breathe easily until Rob Worrincy went over for their seventh try three minutes from the end, with Patterson kicking his seventh goal from as many attempts.
BARROW HALIFAX
1. Gary Broadbent 4. Shad Royston
2. Andy Ballard 23. Rob Worrincey
3. Anthony Blackwood 18. Dylan Nash
4. Liam Harrison 3. Jon Goddard
32. Andreas Bauer 2. Lee Patterson
6. Jamie Rooney 6. Luke Brannigan
7. James Coyle 7. Ben Black
16. Brett McDermott 10. Neil Cherryholme
19. Nathan Mossop 13. Bob Beswick
8. Andy Bracek 25. Michael Ostick
15. Ned Catic 11. Dave Larder
17. Paul Noone 22. Dave Wrench
13. Zeb Luisi 27. Sam Barlow
SUBS SUBS
11. Michael Knowles 9. Sean Penkywicz
30. Keal Carlile 21. Anthony Bowman
14. Martin Ostler 19. Dom Maloney
23. Jamie Butler 17. Frank Watene
14 mins, Halifax Try: Jon Goddard
14 mins, Halifax Conversion: Lee Patterson
23 mins, Halifax Try: Dylan Nash
23 mins, Halifax Conversion: Lee Patterson
27 mins, Halifax Try: Jon Goddard
27 mins, Halifax Conversion: Lee Patterson
30 mins, Halifax Try: Dave Wrench
30 mins, Halifax Conversion: Lee Patterson
HALF TIME
43 mins, Raiders Try: Jamie Rooney
43 mins, Raiders Conversion: Jamie rooney
46 mins Halifax Try: Sam Barlow
46 mins Halifax conversion: Lee Patterson
49 mins, Raiders Try: Keal Carlile
49 mins, Raiders Conversion: Jamie Rooney
51 mins, Raiders Try: Michael Knowles
51 mins, Raiders Conversion Jamie Rooney
54 mins, Raiders Try: Martin Ostler
54 mins, Raiders Conversion: Jamie Rooney
66 mins, Halifax Try: Shad Royston
66 mins, Halifax Conversion: Lee Patterson
70 mins, Raiders Try: Andreas Bauer
74 mins, Raiders Try: Liam Harrison
74 mins, Raiders Conversion Jamie Rooney
77 mins, Halifax Try: Rob Worrincy
77 mins, Halifax Conversion: Lee Patterson
