T’Other Side: Barrow Raiders

T’Other Side: Barrow Raiders

Barrow Raiders 2018 shirts

LAST TIME OUT

Head Coach: Paul Crarey

Paul Crarey is Cumbria (and particularly Barrow) rugby league through and through. His first spell as the Raiders coach was in 2006 and 2007. In 2008 he was the coach of Whitehaven for a few months. He returned to the head coach role at Barrow in 2015 after they had been relegated to League One the previous year. In his first season back they finished 7th, improved to 5th in 2016 and then achieved promotion last year. Now he has guided then to comfortably retaining their Championship status for next season. He has also coached the Cumbria representative team.

As a player he was a hooker. After starting at Dalton ARL he joined Barrow in 1987 and played for them for eight years. The only other professional club he ever played for was Carlisle.

Captain: Martin Aspinwall

Barrow Raiders captain, Martin Aspinwall, brings a lot of super league experience to their side. He began his career as an 18 year-old with Wigan, his hometown club in 2001 and stayed there until 2005. That was followed by five years at Huddersfield Giants and then a year each at Castleford Tigers and Hull FC. He had three years at Leigh with a short loan spell at Swinton. He joined Barrow in 2016. He has also played for Lancashire, England A and Great Britain.

At the back

Ryan Burroughs joined Barrow on loan from Toronto Wolfpack at the end of June. He plays mainly on the wing but has also filled in at fullback. Earlier this season he played 5 games on loan at London Skolars. He is a genuine United States international (born in Virginia) but ‘learnt his trade’ playing for Wentworthville Magpies in Australia.

Brett Carter usually plays on the wing but has also played at fullback. His career started with Barrow in 2008 as a fullback but moved to Workington the following year where he stayed for 8 years gradually moving to the wing position. Last year he returned to Barrow. This year he has also been used as a goal kicker when Jamie Dallimore is not available. Brett has played for Cumbria and Scotland.

Georgy Gambaro is on loan from Catalans Dragons where he has been playing for their reserve team (Saint Estève). He is one of three players from Catalans that Barrow signed on loan in July. He is a winger who can also play at centre and last year he made two appearances for the French U18 team.

Ryan Fieldhouse is Barrow’s regular fullback. He started with Halifax in 2011 and moved to Dewsbury for a year in 2015 and joined Barrow in 2016. In 2016 he represented Cumbria. Ryan is the son of the former Great Britain prop John Fieldhouse.

In the halves

Scrum half Lewis Charnock had a long lay-off this season but returned to the team at the beginning of September. His career started at Saint Helens in 2013. In 2015 he played for Rochdale on dual registration and the following year he went on loan to Bradford Bulls. He signed for Barrow last year. In 2013 he played for the England Academy.

At stand-off is Jamie Dallimore who is Barrow’s main goal kicker. Before joining Barrow in 2016, he played for Oldham (2011-12) and North Wales (2013-2016). In 2013 he played for a Wales Select XIII and in 2016 for Cumbria.

Ryan Johnston made 4 appearances for Barrow in 2017. This year he went back to playing for amateur club Dalton but was persuaded to return to Barrow in April.

At Hooker

Nathan Mossop made his début with Barrow in 2009 and has been there ever since apart from a single season with South Wales in 2012.

Australian, Dean Parata, who plays predominantly at hooker but has also played a couple of games at scrum half, was previously with Wests Tigers. He is an Italian international.

In the Pack

Arnaud Bartès is another of the Saint Estève players who came in on loan in July. He plays either at prop or loose forward. Despite not speaking any English he seems to be having a major impact.

Playing in the second row, Jono Smith was at North Wales from 2012-2015 and then had two years at Rochdale before joining Barrow this season. He plays with huge gusto which has led to more yellow cards than the average!

Playing at either second row or centre is Australian Jarrad Stack, who came to England to join Workington in 2009, joining Barrow in 2017. He is a good ball-handler and a regular try scorer.

Another Australian Alec Susino who plays at prop or loose forward was signed from Mounties in New South Wales. He, too, is an Italian international.

Dual Registration and Loan Players

Barrow Raiders do not have a dual registration agreement. They currently have three players from Catalans Dragons reserve team on loan: Georgy Gambaro, Arnaud Bartès and Saloty Mendy. Jon Pownall came on loan from Toronto Wolfpack but is now at Bradford Bulls. Also on loan from Toronto is Ryan Burroughs who is still with Barrow.

The Fev connection

There are no members of the Barrow squad who have players who have played for Fev, but there are two in the Fev squad who have been at Barrow. They are Keal Carlile who had a six match loan spell there in 2010 and Jason Walton who played two games for Barrow on dual registration from Salford in 2014.