RUGBY: Raiders lose in injury-time at Barking

Barking then converted the try to seal their place in the next round in what was the final play of the game.

Raiders had gone ahead themselves in the first-minute of injury-time when Rob Smith, back in the 1st XV after 14 months out with a shoulder injury, touched down to move Raiders 14-10 in front.

The only score in the first half had been a Barking penalty and the half-time score was 3-0.

Tom Wells kicked two penalties to move Raiders 6-3 ahead before Barking took a 10-6 lead with a converted try.

Then came the injury-time drama.

Raiders team manager David Hinchcliffe said: "If we'd have managed to hang on to the ball for another 10 seconds, we'd have won but it's a cup game, so it's not as vital as if it had been a league match.

"We play at Barking in the league again next weekend and we had just seven or eight first-choice players playing so, hopefully, they haven't found out too much about us.

"We rested quite a few players, and gave a debut to 18-year-old Toby Golds. The cup is a good chance for us to look at players, like Toby, in case we need to call on them later in the season."

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