By Ben Jaycock

Hartpury have improved year on year since joining the Championship but director of rugby John Barnes says they are up against it if they are to continue that trend.
Last season’s fifth-place finish marked a club record but with the top four plus sixth-placed Doncaster all full-time professional outfits, Barnes knows it will be tough to replicate last season.
Barnes told The Rugby Paper: “Providing we can keep players fit we’ll have another solid season and if we can get near to fifth again we’ll be pretty happy.

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