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BRETT PHILLIPS IMPRESSES BARLA BOSS WITH SUPERB DISPLAY FOR COUNTY TEAM

 
BARLA Cumbria County .. 10         BARLA Vice Presidents Select .. 46

Steve Manning at The Copeland Stadium, Whitehaven

The BARLA Vice Presidents Select side made up of players from Lancashire and Yorkshire took the spoils against the BARLA Cumbria side in “The Garry Purdham Memorial Trust Game” and the skills on display by both sides auger well for the start of next months BARLA Counties Tri Series.

 Watched by the RFL President Bev Risman, who saw a tough physical encounter especially in the first half the Presidents led 12-0. Two tries in the opening ten minutes of the second half gave them the momentum they needed, although the biggest cheers of the game came from Cumbria’s brace of tries scored by John Paul Brocklebank (Egremont Rangers) and Paul Culneen (Kells).

 Amongst the Presidents scorers was captain Ryan Fieldhouse (Leigh East) who crossed for two four pointers one from supporting play and the second a fine individual effort in his man of the match performance.

 For Cumbria second row tough as teak forward Brett Phillips (Seaton Rangers) never took a backward step and looked threatening every time he drove forward.

 After both sides completed a number of sets Cumbria created the first real pressure on the back of quick fire four penalties but after losing possession near to the line frustration saw themselves conceded one which led to the Presidents opening try against run of play on ten minutes.

 From the play the ball they attacked down the short side with a superb scoot from hooker Gary Phillips (Wigan St Patricks) who had to duck under a Cumbria tackle to break away. He drew the cover before passing out to Lee Rientoul (York Acorn) for the first of his brace. Shaun Quinn (Thatto Heath Crusaders) added the first of his six from seven goals.

 The game became a forward driven contest with Cumbrias Brocklebank probing for the opening with his distribution and kicking game. Cumbria forward Peter Beucher (Egremont Rangers) thought he had opened his sides account when he went over following an inside pass only for it to be crossed off for a forward pass.

 The Presidents doubled their lead from nothing on the half hour mark. Brocklebank spiralling bomb was superbly taken by winger Mike Johnson (Myton Warriors) on his own twenty line. He then stormed 60 metres down the touchline before cutting inside and pass to Fieldhouse who went under the posts for a converted try.

Tim Elliott (York Acorn) had a half chance on 35 minutes but couldn’t take the pass ten metres from the line and on the stroke of half time Dean Balmers (Leigh Miners Rangers) ankle tackle stopped Brocklebank as he was getting into top gear charging for the line.

 The visitors took control with two tries in five minutes on the 42 and 47 minutes. Following a flowing handling move Trevor Penrose (Skirlaugh) who started the move finished it off taking an inside pass and crossing under the posts and another fine attack was finished by Sean Squires in the corner when Quinn missed his only shot at goal.

 The Presidents fifth try came on 51 minutes following a penalty for a dangerous tackle on Penrose. Lee Gudor (Siddal) and Jamie Dallimore (Wigan St Cuthberts) combined to give Fieldhouse the ball who first went to his left before switching back with an angle run which found a hole in the Cumbria defence for him to dance through and score a converted try to make it 28-0.

 Gudor then put the first of his 30-20 in but they were penalised on the next set and as a result Brocklebank went over after supporting a Grant McLaughlin (Kells) break on 57 minutes with Tony Burns kicking his solitary goal.

 Six minutes later Stuart Smith (Skirlaugh) picked Ryan Amours (Wath Brow Hornets) pocket following a Gudor kick to score in the corner which Dallimore converted before Paul Culneen drove over from close range for Cumbria.

 The Presidents finished the game off in style in the last seven minutes when Lee Fewlass (Myton Warriors) crashed over from close range following Tommy Harrisons (Skirlaugh) bullet pass after a Gudor 30-20 and Rentoul went over in the corner with the last play of the game.

CUMBRIA: Ryan Amour (Wath Brow Hornets), Jon Walsh (Dalton), Jamie Devine (Wath Brow Hornets), Mark Haycock (Cockermouth), Rhys Davies (Egremont Rangers), John Paul Brocklebank (Egremont Rangers), Grant McLoughlin (Kells), Andrew Dawson (Millom), Lee Edmundson (Roose Pioneers), Paul Culneen (Kells), Peter Beucher (Egremont Rangers), Brett Phillips (Seaton Rangers), Tony Burns (Kells). Subs: Jason Graham (Salterbeck Storm), David Lowry (Kells), Jonny Goulding (Cockermouth), Carl McBain (Barrow Island).

 Tries: Brocklebank, Culneen

 Goals: Burns 1

 VICE PRESIDENTS SELECT: Ryan Fieldhouse (Leigh East), Mike Johnson (Myton Warriors), Sean Quinn (Thatto Heath Crusaders), Stuart Smith (Skirlaugh), Lee Rientoul (York Acorn), Lee Gudor (Siddal), Jamie Dallimore (Wigan St Cuthberts), Aaron Bradley (Hull Dockers), Gary Phillips (Wigan St Patricks), Trevor Penrose (Skirlaugh), Ben Kendall (Siddal), Sean Foster (Wigan St Cuthberts), Jonathon Milner (Queens). Subs: Tim Elliot (York Acorn), Leon Brennan (Leigh Miners Rangers), Dean Balmer (Leigh Miners Rangers), Danny Jones (Leigh Miners Rangers), Lee Fewlass (Myton Warriors), Sean Squires (Shaw Cross Sharks), Tommy Harrison (Skirlaugh).

Tries: Rentoul 2, Fieldhouse 2, Penrose, Squires, Smith, Fewlass

 Goals Quinn 6, Dallimore 1

 Referee: Gareth Hewer (Whitehaven)

 Cumbria Man of the Match: Brett Phillips

 Presidents Man of the Match: Ryan Fieldhouse

BARLA Great Britain under 21's v The British Army

The BARLA Great Britain under 21s team at Walter Simpson Park Hull


BARLA Great Britain Under 21s  48
The British Army ..14

Mark Chestney reports from Walter Simpson Park, Hull

BARLA Great Britain Under 21s scored am emphatic victory over the British Army at Walter Simpson Park, in Hull as part of their “Help the Heroes” tour.

It was the Army who showed first to score with their first set of six with a try in the left corner for full back Marcus Turagh. Andy Gray failed to add the conversion and it shocked BARLA but who replied with two quick tries of their won.

Full back Ryan Amor scored them both with captain Tony Burns able to land both conversions for a 12-4 lead. It was then man of the match John Paul Brocklebank who darted through to the line with another from centre Jamie Devine seven minutes later. Nine minutes from half-time second row forward Adam Thomasson then crashed over for a 20 point half-time lead.

The opening minutes of the first half saw sustained Army pressure which paid off with a try from hooker Andy Kay. He got a somewhat lucky bounce to his own kick through to score with Andy Gray adding the conversion.

BARLA then upped the tempo to register four more tries as winger Shaun Robinson went in at the corner with an hour gone. Thomasson added his second four minutes later before Scott Clarke went on a 60 metre dash to the line and centre Daryl Flannery completed the scoring.

Brocklebank added three conversions but the Army had the final say on the scoreboard when in the last minute winger Isiai Bobo squeezed in at the corner. Gray failed to put over the conversion attempt off the touchline.

BARLA: Ryan Amor (Wath Brow Hornets), Shaun Robinson (Saddleworth Rangers), Jamie Devine (Wath Brow Hornets), John Dawes (Maryport), Daryl Flannery (Leigh Miners Rangers), Tony Burns (Kells), John Paul Brocklebank (Egremont Rangers), Chris Jones (Shaw Cross Sharks), Scott Clarke (Thatto Heath Crusaders), Jonathan Goulding (Cockermouth), Brett Phillips (Seaton Rangers), Mike Williams (Eastmoor Dragons) Subs: Mark Cahill (Leigh East), Stuart Brentano (West Hull), James Tindall (Skirlaugh), Steve Talbot ( Thornhill Trojans), Adam Masson (Shaw Cross Sharks), Aston Spears (Unattached), Sam Radford (West Hull)

The British Army: Marcus Turagh, Isiai Bobo, Madeg Matua, Colin Marangon, Zach Vabia, Gareth Slade-Jones, Andy Gray, Colin McKenzie, Andy Kay, John Wedlock, Bavou, Andy Evans, Dave Kearns Subs: Buli Ligane, Andy Parkin, Andre Zwijnen, Max Vane, Jamie Laing, Rydian Slade-Jones

Referee: Tony Randerson (Hull)

Brett Phillips  BARLA Unison U21s Russia 2010

Q You’ve just completed a successful tour of Russia with the BARLA Unison under 21s team, what are your impressions of Russia as a country and what state is the game of rugby league in Russia?

 Russia as a country is really good in the city centres like in St Petersburg the history and some of the buildings were really good to look at and in the centre of Moscow there’s quite a bit of wealth there and seeing the red square and changing of the guards at the war memorial was something that ill never see again. But on the outskirts of the cities it was quite a poor culture and not a lot there. The rugby league is not as big as union over there and they haven’t got that many teams but the Moscow Vereya team that we played were quite good, even though they got a lot of help from the Russian officials they were just quite physical and never stopped trying.

 
Q Your first games were cancelled due to unsuitable opposition what was the reason for the cancellation?

 This was because the Russian who was supposed to have organised it all when we were in St Petersburg had not organised it properly and out of three teams supposedly playing in the tournament only four players turned up and in addition to this the conditions of where we played at were awful and not suitable to play on.

 
Q You played the Russian champions Veraya who make up the bulk of the Russian national team, what was the game like and how did the speed and physicality compare to what you are used to?

 The speed and physicality was a bit more than when playing in the Cumbria league but we should have won, the officials kept them in it not letting us in there 20 for most of the game by giving penalties against us which led to a 18 - 5 penalty count to them which was frustrating. It was one of them things that you don’t know how bad the referee was unless you actually witnessed it. 

 Q  Is there anybody you would like to thank for making the tour possible? and now that you have been on a couple of BARLA tours and came very close to being selected for the full BARLA tour to Dubai what is next for yourself?

Just to try and push for full open age BARLA honours or a big tour. I would like to thank Alison and hotdog who sorted all the sponsorships and everyone at the club for supporting me on the tour and also to the sponsors who helped make it possible Happy Hours Nursery, A.A Carpets, C&D Roofing, West Cumberland Engineering and Shepley engineering.

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Seaton Rangers Representative Player Honours

BARLA Great Britain under 18s

Brett Phillips                 Serbia Tour 2007

Stephen Wallace           Australia tour 2000, v Australia

Andrew McGlasson      New Zealand Tour 2002, France

RFL Great Britain community Lions Under 18s

Brett Phillips       Australia schoolboys/AIS 2006, France 2007

Callum Phillips Australia tour 2009, France 2009, France 2008

RFL England community Lions Under 18s

Callum Phillips  AIS, France, Wales 2009
     Callum Phillips team captain v AIS 1^st test

BARLA Great Britain Under 21s

Brett Phillips                 Russia Tour 2010

Paul Hopper                 Russia Tour 2007

Stephen Hodgson         Combined services 2005

Richard George            Combined services 2005

      Richard George        team captain v Combined services

BARLA Great Britain Under 23s

Stephen Hodgson         Italy tour 2008, Combined services

Michael Melville           Combined services 2008

BARLA Great Britain Open Age

Roger Blair                   Tour of Australia 1978             

 Tour of south pacific 1986, v France

             Roger Blair   tour captain   South Pacific, v France                                

Richard George            South Pacific Tour 2009, South Africa 2009

The Following players have represented Seaton Rangers ARLFC and have subsequently turned professional from the club ranks:

(Pro clubs represented in brackets)

Russell Pepperell                      (Huddersfield)

Albert Pepperell                       (Huddersfield)

Stanley Pepperell                      (Huddersfield)

                                                          William “Billy” Ivison                (Workington Town 1958 Lance Todd trophy winner)

Micheal Taylor                         (Whitehaven)

Gary Edgar                               (Whitehaven)

Geoff Symes                             (Whitehaven)

Ian Bower                                (Whitehaven)

      Craig Barker                                (Workington Town)

                       Kevin Hetherington                   (Whitehaven, Workington Town)

Jamie Beaumont                       (Workington Town)

                                                         Ricky Wright                           (Workington Town, Leeds, Sheffield Eagles, W/Haven)

Mark Keenan                           (Workington Town)
Andrew Grima                             (Workington Town)

Adrian Petrie                            (Workington Town)

                     Neil Frazer                                (Whitehaven, Workington Town)

Paul Bond                                (Workington Town)

Paul Bell                                   (Workington Town)

Jamie Nixon                             (Workington Town)

Marc Taylor                             (Workington Town)

Stuart Ackerley                        (Workington Town)

Craig Rumney                           (Workington Town)

Kevin Wilson                            (Workington Town)

Stephen Wallace                       (Workington Town)

Martyn Wilson                         (Workington Town)

Andy McGlasson                      (Workington Town)

Mark Routledge                       (Workington Town)

Carl Stephenson                       (Workington Town)

                                                                                                              Carl Henderson                        (Carlisle)       

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