BARLA Lions Head Coach Gary Hewer gives his reaction to the 28-20 loss to Australian Affiliated States. He said, "It was a narrow defeat and a very hard one to swallow. We put ourselves in the...

AUSTRALIAN AFFILIATED STATES 28 BARLA LIONS 20   BARLA Lions gave everything they had, and led 20-18 heading into the final few minutes against Australian Affili...

Head Coach Gary Hewer has selected the following starting thirteen for the test match against the Australian Affiliated States: 12 Ian Jackson 14 Sam Jones  2 Jack Clark 5 Jordan Gibson 8...

After a couple of days preparation, the BARLA Lions are in steely mood ahead of taking on Australian Affiliated States. The game has been brought forward from a 5.30pm kick off to 4.30pm, one of a num...

Dave Parkinson pens an update from Nadi.   Well, game day two has finally arrived. As already communicated, changes were made to our tour schedule a few days ago meaning we now have a th...

Today was a very humbling experience for the BARLA Lions as we became valued guests of the Saunaka Village near Nadi.  The squad was taken around the village by the Chief who introduced us to...

Yesterday I wrote about what the squad had been up to and didn't include any pictures. I want to put that right.  Let's start with the training session down at the school. Another good...