Burnham put out a young side in this friendly against Barton Hill.
Burnham 20 pts
Barton Hill 10 pts
BURNHAM took the opportunity to keep playing and used this friendly game as a chance to utilise some of their promising young players.
After five minutes, Burnham were awarded a penalty scrum. Piper quickly passed out to Mason Shaw to force his way over. Fifteen minutes later, a long clearing kick from Russell Pike was gathered by Barton Hill, who attacked from deep, only for Maka to intercept and score under the posts. Piper converted for a 12-0 lead.
Ten minutes later, Pike produced a captain’s try after Burnham had recycled twice, enabling him to create a large hole to score under the posts.
Barton Hill replied with good retention to score out wide and o the stroke of half-time, following strong play by the pack, Piper found Tom Chaffey on the blindside to dive over for a 24-5 lead.
The second half did not live up to the first and apart from a try each, Burnham’s scored by Luke Gowan, the game generally fizzled out.
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