Right from the start, Marauders dominated the territorial ground with Roger McClean, Jason Blanchard and Gaz Everton providing the punching power which allowed Dean Armstrong and Ryan Rafferty the luxury to be able to control the game from acting hal
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Wayne Green opened the scoring on 5 minutes when he went 60 metres from the acting half, conversion Ryan Rafferty, 6-0.
On 8 minutes Gaz Everton showed why he is becoming a favourite with the Moorends crowd when he received the ball from a Ryan Rafferty drop off to show great leg strength bulldozing over, conversion Ryan Rafferty, 12-0.
On ten minutes, 'the Locksmith' (Chris Allen) opened yet another door on the half-way line to sprint 50 metres before going over under the posts, conversion Ryan Rafferty, 18-0.
Try poacher Wayne Green then intercepted on the half-way line to go in under the posts before passing to the supporting Alex Palmer who claimed his try, conversion Ryan Rafferty, 24-0.
Ryan Rafferty and Mark Roach then created the space for Wayne Green to punch through the Barbarians defence before sending the supporting Mark Roach in at the corner, conversion Ryan Rafferty 30-0.
On 25 minutes Craig Hookway and Ben Hoffman returned the ball back to the half way line, quick hands to Chris Allen saw him drawing the Barbarians defence, before a beautifully timed short pass sent Jason Blanchard crashing over, conversion Ryan Rafferty 36-0.
From a Moorends scrum 30 metres from the Barbarians try line, Ryan Rafferty found Mark Roach who rounded his opposite number before handing off the full back to go over, conversion Ryan Rafferty 42-0.
Scunthorpe had their own purple patch during the next ten minutes and managed to get over the Marauders try line on a couple of occasions, only to be denied by strong defending.
Into the second half and Brendan Neil made a break before moving the ball to Gaz Munro who carried to the half-way line, a quick play the ball to Chris Allen saw him again open the door for Mark Roach to canter over, conversion Ryan Rafferty 48-0.
Excellent passing and support play brought the next try with the final pass from Wayne Green to Adam Lloyd - a gem, Lloyd showing pace rounded the Barbarians covering defence to ground the ball behind the posts,
conversion Ryan Rafferty 54-0.
Strong driving from Alex Palmer, Gaz Munro and Wayne Rafferty saw the latter punching through the defence before off-loading to the supporting Jason Blanchard who went over in the corner, conversion Ryan Rafferty 60-0.
On 60 minutes, Mark Roach split the Barbarians defence before sending Wayne Green over the try line, conversion Ryan Rafferty 66-0.
Shaun Carver then displayed all his power and pace crashing through the visitors defence going by route one under the posts, conversion Ryan Rafferty 72-0.
Excellent basketball rugby league involving eight players with Craig Housley and Brendan Neil touching the ball on more than one occasion, the final pass to the supporting Dean Armstrong coming from Ryan Rafferty after he had spun and danced everyone dizzy, conversion Ryan Rafferty 78-0.
Then a typical Wayne Green 80-metre try from the acting half left players in his wake as he recorded his second hat-trick of the season, conversion Ryan Rafferty 84-0.
Hard driving and quick play the balls from Gaz Everton and Wayne Rafferty had Scunthorpe on the back foot, this allowed Mark Roach to show his class and dance over for his fourth try of the game, conversion Ryan Rafferty 90-0.
Wayne Green recorded his fourth try when he again went 40 metres from acting half, conversion by Ryan Rafferty equalled the club's summer record 96-0.
Roger McClean bust on the half way line before feeding Ryan Rafferty who went in under the posts, conversion Ryan Rafferty 102-0.
Gaz Everton rounded off a good day at the office when he crashed through the visitors defence to record his second of the game,
surprisingly the easy conversion was missed by Ryan Rafferty, 106-0.
Outstanding in every department the Marauders recorded a new RLC Club record scoring 18 tries with Ryan Rafferty converting 17.
Next week the Marauders are away at Rossington Sharks, meet at Moorends Social, noon.
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Scunthorpe Barbarians Academy 16MARAUDERS' Merit League campaign kept on course with a solid squad performance.
Moorends opened the scoring after five minutes when Shane Southgate found Martin Dennis with a beautiful long ball; Dennis outpaced the cover defence before turning the fullback inside out before going over for the first try, Konrad Hanson converted, 6-0.
John Carr then scattered the visitors defence on 10 minutes to charge the remaining 50 metres. Konrad Hanson converted, 12-0.
On 15 minutes Rhys Bailey made a 30 metre break before drawing the full-back to send Martin Dennis in for his second try, 16-0.
Three minutes later, Bailey broke away from his own try line before feeding Andy Evans who galloped in under the posts, for Hanson to convert 22-0.
Excellent ball movement by Martin Rowlands opened the Barbarians defence for Danny Hornsby to ghost in under the posts. Hanson converted, 28-0.
Dave Fern and Gaz Millward's hard work paid off when a quick play the ball by the latter allowed Shane Southgate and Rowlands to link with Dean Wright, who launched Martin Dennis on a 70 metre run for a converted try, 34-0.
Two minutes later, John Carr was on the end of a flowing movement before crashing over in the corner, 38-0.
Dale Murphy scorched down the wing to open the second half scoring on 43 minutes, Konrad Hanson converting, 44-0.
Four minutes later, Andy Evans brought a dummy straight from the half-back handbook to race 50 metres untouched to the try line, Konrad Hanson converting, 50-0.
The Barbarians recorded their first score of the game when their prop barged over in the corner after a purple patch, 50-4.
Brett Staveley used immense strength to carry three Scunthorpe players over the line with him for the next try, Konrad Hanson converted, 56-4.
Scunthorpe again hit a little purple patch in which they recorded three unconverted tries to take the score to 56-16 before Danny Murphy capped his debut with his second try after the ball was moved from a scrum, 60-
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