Despite a brave performance the BARLA Great Britain Young Lions
went down 62-12 to the outstanding Australian Schoolboys.

The hosts surged into a 16-0 lead with just 20 minutes gone,
however, the Young Lions deserve tremendous credit for a battling display.

Scott Farmer crossed to open BARLA’s account after 29
minutes and with hooker Paul Crook adding the extras the game was very much
alive.

However, two quick scores from the Schoolboys just before the
interval opened up a 28-6 lead and from there on the result was never in doubt.

The pace and power of the Schoolboys began to tell after the
break and they scored at regular intervals during the second half. But the Young
Lions also had some joy, as they added a further try from Milford’s Richard
Hulme.

Young Lions coach Carl Briscoe was proud of the effort from
his side. He said, “It was a creditable performance even though the score
line was one-sided. It was only 16-6 with five minutes to go till half time
and I think that surprised most people.

He added, “For the second game running the whole squad
has shown tremendous effort and enthusiasm and there was definitely an improvement
from the first game.

Assistant coach Steve Hunt was also proud of the display. He
said, “Australia were a very strong and fit side, but I was impressed
with our performance. We competed well and surprised them on may occasions with
some neat passages of play and crunching tackles.”

Teams

Australian Schoolboys

1. Greg Inglis (Wavell State HS), 2. Joel Rapana (Palm Beach Currumbin SHS),
3. Steven Michaelson (Palm Beach Currumbin SHS) 4. Peewee Moke (Endeavour Sports
HS), 5. Michael Lett (Sarah Redfearn HS) 6. Michael Bond (Wavell State HS),
7. Blake Green (Westfields SHS), 8. Cy Lassock (Dickson College), 9. Luke Jay
(Erindale College), 10 Nathan Armit (Westfields SHS), 11 Steven McLean (Erindale
College), 12 Rhys Lovegrove (Endeavour SHS), 13 Kade Snowden (Hunter SHS), SUBS:
14 Michael Dobson (Erindale College), 15 Frank Winterstein (Endeavour SHS) 16
Juinior Moors (Patrician Brothers College Blacktown) 17 Daniel Backo (Palm Beach
Currumbin SHS)

BARLA GB Young Lions

1. Carl Redford (Leigh East), 2. Danny Kirmond (Stanley Rangers), 3. Adrian
Mulcahy (Eastmoor Dragons), 4. Luke Lee (Milford Marlins), 5. Scott Lofthouse
(Kells), 6. Liam Morley (Thornhill Trojans), 7. Martin Ridyard (Leigh Miners
Rangers), 8. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook (London Broncos), 9. Paul Crook (Capt.)
(Blackbrook), 10. Luke Brindley (East Hull), 11. Stuart Martin (Widnes St Maries),
12. Chris Tyrer (Blackbrook), 13. Scott McAvoy (Hensingham), SUBS: 14. Stephen
Grundy (Wigan St Judes), 15. Scott Farmer (Kells), 16. Richard Hulme (Milford
Marlins), 17. John Boland (Wigan St Judes)

MOMs

Australian Schoolboys: Steven McLean

BARLA GB Young Lions: Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook

Tour Fixtures

Game 1

Monday 9th August

BARLA 10 v 52 Qld Secondary Schools’ Invitational XIII

Aspley RLFC

Game 2

Saturday 14th August

BARLA 12 v 62 Australian Schoolboys

Manly, Sydney

Game 3

Wednesday 18th August

BARLA v NSWCHS

Kick Off 18:00hrs

Game 4

Saturday 21st August

BARLA v NSW Combined Country Catholic Colleges

Kick Off TBA

Game 5

Wednesday 25th August

BARLA v Northern Territory

Kick Off TBA

Game 6

Saturday 28th August

BARLA v The Emerging States

Kick Off TBA