As a Barker supporter, we never ever take a Aloys game for granted. The memory of Alex Diamond strolling through our entire team 4 years ago is still far to fresh. Its great that Aloys have a win and shows the close game between Trinity and Aloys puts both teams on the danger game radar for the rest of the CAS comp.
This CAS comp is wide open. But for those who think Barker are a pushover just have a look at the Riverview, Newington, Kings results. Barker was without their top players, (Pollard, Brown, Cameron, Galloway for much of them. Our 2nds lads competently filled in and now they have the results on the board.
Also the Barker 16As are going well too. Despite losing all its matches against the GPS sides, the Barker 1st XV were always in the hunt. If the lads can go uninjured through the rep season then they will be hard to stop.
That said, the last 3 games will be tough. The fat lady is a long way from singing.
I do wish the Barker lads all the best in the rep rounds. Despite being accused of wearing Red goggles, given the Reds forwards have not been bested by any GPS side this year, I think every one of the lads stands a chance to be in either of the CAS sides.