Allstars 2023 Champions!

Barbarians come out on top at the UK Charity Allstars 2023.

Pic - Rebecca Brain

After a seventh place finish in our first Allstars weekend in 2022, we surprised everyone (including ourselves!) by beating Dreams Come True in the Final to lift the Grant-Gray Trophy.

After a 3-2 loss to Dreams in the opening game of the weekend, we went on an unbeaten streak beating Help for Heroes 3-0 in a shootout, Mind 3-2 and British Heart Foundation 2-0 with draws agains Prostate Cancer Care, Ty Hafan and Breast Cancer Now.

That run saw us finish second after the round robin games setting us up for the final with Dreams who had a won four and drawn three.

A hat-trick from Sam Gospel, a goal from Gareth "Hubbs" Hubback, two assists each from Keith Hinde and Dan Fay and 15 saves from Dylan Phillips in goal saw us win 4-2.

Pic - Rebecca Brain

Going in to the weekend, we just wanted to have fun.

As a team, we were fundraising for 17 charities across the UK and ahead of the final, we had raised over £11,000 with a final total to be confirmed.

Representing our charities and raising as much as we could was the aim for the Barbarians players, reaching the final wasn't on our minds until we realised we'd made the final.

We would like to thank all our players, family, friends and sponsors for all the support over the last 12 months.