Barrow Raiders head coach Paul Crarey admits he is delighted by the improvements his side made during their 16-12 victory over Halifax Panthers.
Tries from Jarrad Stack, new centre Iain Thornley and Jarrod Sammut helped the Raiders to their first win of the 2023 Betfred Championship season.
They will lock horns with the Panthers again later this week in Round 4 of the Betfred Challenge Cup, and Crarey says plenty of confidence will have been gained from Sunday’s victory.
“It was more of a complete performance.,” he said post-match.
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“We had our moments and we spoke about that at half-time. Fine detail off their goal-line was letting us down a little bit.
“We were at 85% completion, which is great for us. I think they were about 63-65%.
“We had a few more sets than them, so we knew in the second half, that would tell a little bit if we were patient, and we’d get that detail right.
“We’ve come up with a fantastic win against a top five side who had a big win at Featherstone a couple of weeks ago. It just shows what we can do.
“We knew where we’re at, and if we could clean up our errors and complete some sets, we knew we had the shape to trouble Halifax.
“We had to control their halves, Jouffret and Keyes, and I thought we did that absolutely brilliantly.”
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Crarey was also quick to single out several members of his squad for their stand-out contributions.
“There were some magnificent performances out there,” he added. “Luke Broadbent was great at the back again, and I think Ryan Johnston was immense in his stint.
“Jake Carter went on and did a great job guiding us round at the back end of the game and did a superb job for us as well, as did Jarrod Sammut who stayed within our system.
“I’m just so pleased for the fans and everybody at the club, because everyone puts a lot of hard work in.”
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