Brock is the man for gutsy Barum battlers
Barnstaple 10
Barnes 3
WITH just 13 men on the field, Barnstaple scored the only try of the game for a crucial win.
Oli Mason had already been sent off when James Starkey was yellow-carded.
But despite being two men short, Barum were able to put Linford Brock over for a try six minutes before half-time.
And, with an excellent set-piece performance, they saw the game out in the second half to climb to 12th place.
Barnstaple were pushing for an early score in a frantic start and went ahead with a Jordan Petherbridge penalty.
The full-back missed a second attempt before lock Mason was shown the red card for a stamp on 15 minutes.
As Barnes dominated, hooker Starkey was sinbinned for going off his feet at a ruck. But, with Robbie Martey failing to convert an overlap, the visitors could not score.
Instead, it was the 13 men who struck as Steve Perry went through a gap and fed Brock who sprinted over in the left corner.
Petherbridge then landed the touchline conversion for a 10-0 half-time lead.
The visitors got points on the board when Tom O’Toole kicked a 50thminute penalty but they never genuinely looked like scoring a try in the second half.
The wind denied Petherbridge from a penalty with ten minutes to go but Barnstaple had already done enough.
