THE RAIDING PARTY: Raiders director Keith Nutter's weekly column
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ANOTHER busy week at Craven Park has been and gone and we are all looking forward to the start of the competitive season – a visit to Leigh on February 12. Holty: Raiders shirts are up for grabs
DARREN Holt’s first-choice Barrow Raiders line-up has been thrown into turmoil by the players’ performances in pre-season.
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THIS week has seen the re-introduction of ‘Goose of the Week’ for the Barrow Raiders players. 
TALENTED centre Ryan Shaw has moved a step closer to his Super League debut after signing for Castleford Tigers on a month’s loan. 
SUPER League prop Oliver Wilkes is determined to be back for the start of the season after undergoing an emergency appendicitis operation last week. 
THE Barrow Raiders squad swapped tackle bags for punch bags to sharpen up their fitness ahead of the new season. 
COME rain or shine – and it has mostly been the former so far this pre-season – Barrow Raiders have been putting their noses to the grindstone under new boss Darren Holt. 
ALTHOUGH Barrow RLFC are out in the sticks, at the end of a cul-de-sac and miles from anywhere, they have enjoyed many years of success. During the 1930s and 1950s especially, they fielded many brilliant teams, producing no less than 21 players who have represented Great Britain while in Barrow colours. The first on the list was Harry Gifford, more than a century ago in 1908, with David Cairns the last in 1984. Here PADDY McATEER looks back on this elite group 
AFTER his article on South Africans representing Barrow RL prompted a big response, PADDY McATEER has dug deep in the archives to draw up a team of Craven Park’s foreign stars from down the years. He has chosen – as close to their positions as possible – a strong line-up, while some famous names failed to make the cut for his 18-man squad
