Barry Youth eased to a 43-14 victory over Pontyclun in their latest pre-season encounter.
The absence of six starting forwards because of holidays made little difference to the young Bombers. With Pontyclun choosing to play uncontested scrums from the start, head coach John Dimond was able to field a lighter pack.
He juggled his starting line up and included a number of first year youth players, but Barry scored two tries in the first ten minutes, and were 28-0 ahead at the interval.
“We cover tackled well, and when we got the ball, spread it quickly,” said Dimond.
Morgan Prosser and Caelan Hurley, both having played for Hartpury College earlier in the day, were both in the squad with Hurley grabbing three tries and Prosser scoring another.
Barry had four tries disallowed, but Dimond had no real complaints. “You don’t want to go to these places and demoralise players,” he said. “If you get to 50 points, the game is stopped. But we got a full game under our belts. Good exercise based on who I had available.”
The team’s back line is set to be the same as last season, one year older, but with more experience and greater maturity.
“Every time we get the ball in the backs we look as if we are going to do something,” he said.
Barry’s first Regional Youth League fixture is at Pontypridd on September 28th - and the team will also play a warm-up game on September 21st at Old Penarthians.
Barry scorers
Tries: Caelan Hurley 3, Tyler Reinholdt 2, Morgan Prosser, Joe Jenkins
Conversions: Morgan Prosser 4
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