BARLA YORKSHIRE CUP FINAL
NORMANTON KNIGHTS 28
FRYSTON WARRIORS 26
PHIL HODGSON
Millennium Stadium, Saturday
A LAST-gasp goal by Charlie Barker helped Normanton complete an astonishing recovery from 26-4 down midway through the second half to emerge victorious in a rousing match.
Barker’s coolly-taken touchline conversion of Joe Crossland’s late try – only his second success from six attempts – earned him the man-of-the-match accolade, if only for the manner in which he brushed aside earlier failures to land the one that really mattered in bringing the Yorkshire Cup to the Knights for the first time.