Former Westie Gareth Kerr had his side tackling hard and they had some adventurous backs. However, a reshaped West team took its opportunities with some excellent support play proving too much for the visiting defence eventually running out 50-5 winners.
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With some 24 players missing, for various reasons, it was an opportunity for up and coming players to impress new coach Stu Hardy. A fit looking Alex Barker led the way with his tries in the first twenty minutes with Sam Miller and Gav Painter also looking a class apart.
Quick hands and intelligent offloading led to two tries for Ryan Painter, and others for Andrew Rollings and Matt Siddle. Mattie was one of those to feature in both games as did Scott Butcher (right) Butch is reinventing himself as back row and was potent with ball in hand in both games. Rochdale arrive next week for the second warm-up game (kick off 3.00). They will be in playing in our equivalent league in the North West and should provide a sterner test. |