As well as the 16As, Trinity also got smashed in the 2nds, losing 31-8, five tries to one.
The 1st XV was a different story because Trinity's pack was too big and strong for Barker to manage. 14-6 to Trinity, with all points in the first 25 minutes. A pretty scrappy game, with both sides showing plucky goal line defence at times, but Trinity starving its back line and playing 10 man rugby.
Barker had a good crack, but Trinity's defence (which was porous against Pats last week) was excellent today.
Barker's scrum was on roller-skates (I counted 5 tight heads to TGS). I can't recall a more one-sided scrum in a CAS 1st XV game for a very long time. But Trinity conceded a huge penalty count at the breakdown and inexplicably failed to let its back line have the ball when it had go forward, instead playing it tight despite the forwards routinely dropping good ball.
Takeaways are that both sides will be happy with their defensive efforts, both sides will be unhappy with the number of simple knock ons, Barker needs to improve its set plays and Trinity needs to improve its discipline and not get so obsessed with its powerful running forwards that it neglects its backs.
For Trinity, Liam Rasch (6) and Matthew Stead (7) were the try scorers and deservedly so, as both had strong games. Stead was plainly the best on ground, making several great runs, many excellent tackles and working tirelessly at the breakdown.
Barker had a go through its backs and, despite Trinity scoring 2 tries to nil, Barker had more of a go at attacking through the backs and playing attractive rugby. Trinity's mid-field defence was solid though, and Jordan Morris (12) thumped any of the Barker players unlucky enough to head his way.
Matt Nevinson (12) for Barker also had a good defensive game when called upon, and effectively stopped Trinity from getting the ball wide on several occasions.