Determined Barrow shock Batley
KEITH McGHIE
BATLEY BULLDOGS 12 BARROW RAIDERS 30
Fox’s Biscuits Stadium, Sunday
RYAN Shaw passed the 500-point mark as Barrow secured a Championship playoff place for the first time in twelve years at the expense of an uncharacteristically errant Batley.
Shaw scored the last of the Raiders’ five tries, having earlier also exceeded 200 goals for the club, to effectively end the Bulldogs hopes of a comeback and seal the Cumbrians’ sixth win in seven games.
Each side made several changes from the previous weekend, with Craig Lingard bringing back Dale Morton, George Senior and Tom Lillycrop in place of Perry Whiteley, Ben Kaye and Alistair Leak.