Green and Gold’s home from home

By MICHAEL WHITFIELD

Barnes………………….26

Guernsey…………….. 14

With Barn Elms frozen solid, Barnes RFC still made themselves at home as they played Guernsey on Rosslyn Park's all-weather pitch.

The home team's performance was sublime for 45 minutes, and their pace in attack and physicality in defence did not allow Raiders to settle at all.

Barnes put on a masterclass in the first half, taking a 14-0 lead within eight minutes, with tries from Cam Roberts and Paul O'Dell, both converted by George Makepeace-Cubitt.

Despite the conditions, Barnes continued to turn up the heat throughout the half and were rewarded with a third try scored by Paddy McDuell, again the result of forwards intensity in the opposition half. Makepeace-Cubitt added the extra points and Barnes moved into a 21-0 lead, which they Star m Sam Sh held until the half-time break.

The Green and Gold started the second half much like the first, and the forwards and backs combined well for Cam Hudson to use a sleight of hands to bamboozle his defender and score to take the score to an unassailable 26-0 lead, the conversion missed.

Guernsey did raise their game in the last quarter for Ethan Smith and Dominic Rice to score, but the game was over by then.