The Barbarians and Buffaloes each played two matches this weekend. Double the fun! Buffaloes played an A side and a B side against the Quake at our home pitch. The first match final score was 43-15 Buffaloes with the win. Man of this Match was Pat LaValla. The second match, which was a friendly, was totally one sided in favor of Budd Bay. Man of 2nd Match was Mario Hall. Nice work fellas!!! The men's team are looking fired up and ready for the upcoming championship weekend. But, Coach Jerry Quirke isn't letting them get complacent and they will be working hard till April 16!
The U19s had a great day of exercise out in Shelton on Saturday. The Barbarians scored 75 point to Sheltons 7. Yikes! The best part of the game was that 11 trys were scored by 8 different players: Jay Maiava, Griffin Boudai (3), Justin Henry (2), Gerod Cate, Steven Malepeai, Anthony Park, Ryan Glendenning, and Eddie Harriage. And an outstanding performance by Daniel "Kiwi" Martin hitting 10 of 11 on PAT conversions. 2 of the try scoring U19 scored their first points as Barbarians, Jay Maiava and Gerod Cate. Way to go!!! The game was filmed by The Varsity News, and we will update the readers on how to watch the match online. It would have been an awesome day of rugby were it not for the flash downpour of painful hail.
Sunday had the U16s hosting Liberty for their regular season rematch. Bay got a bit of a slow start in the first half, and that came back to bite us in the end. The match was hard fought, but the Barbarians ended up without the "W". The final score was 22-36 with Liberty putting up two very early trys, and then two more right at the end. In the middle of the match we had fought back even and it was a game. Nonetheless, it was a solid effort and showed us what we need to work on. Trys were scored by: Cole Stevens, Brett Woods, and Tosi Tonuao.
