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Oldham sights on a full house

FANS turned out in force for Oldham’s first match at the Whitebank Stadium against York City Knights and officials are expecting another bumper crowd fo the play-off semi-final.

ROUGHYEDS are anticipating a capacity crowd of 1,502 when they entertain York City Knights at the Whitebank Stadium on Sunday week in the Co-operative Championship One semi-final play-off.

The winners go straight through to the Grand Final at Warrington two weeks later, while the losers are given a second chance to make amends at home against the outright winners of the four teams finishing fourth to seventh.

York have taken a supply of tickets and are expecting to bring a following of

Date published: 01/09/2010

Resilient Oldham get the job done

CONGRATULATIONS . . . Ben Heaton (right) celebrates with try scorer Gregg McNally.

London Skolars 18, Oldham 48

AT face value, this scoreline is not too far out from what some will have expected the Roughyeds to achieve in the capital.

The home team had managed...

Date published: 30/08/2010

Benson plays it safe with Boults

PROP Jason Boults, who has a groin injury, misses only his second game of the season at London Skolars tonight when Oldham drop the curtain on their 2010 Co-operative Championship One campaign.

He could have played at a pinch, but coach Tony Benson and his medical staff felt it would be wiser to rest him as a precautionary measure and give him a better chance of being...

Date published: 27/08/2010

Roughyeds’ record potential

OLDHAM Roughyeds players face their final Co-operative Championship One game of the season at London Skolars tonight (6.30pm kick-off).

And though the game makes no difference in terms of the team's final league placing — whatever happens at the New River Stadium, Tony Benson's boys will be lining up in a home play-off tie with York on Sunday, September 12 —...

Date published: 27/08/2010

Cruel break rocks Craig

UNLUCKY Craig Robinson, the Oldham Rugby League Club forward, has broken a finger in training . . . just as the squad is preparing for its play-off adventure with promotion as top prize.

The Yorkshireman, who has missed eight of the last nine games due to a variety of injuries, was pencilled in to play at London Skolars tomorrow night and stake a claim for inclusion in the...

Date published: 26/08/2010

Roughyeds duo land roles in all-star team

NEIL RODEN

OLDHAM Roughyeds stars Paul O'Connor and Neil Roden have been named in the 2010 Co-operative Championship One all-stars team.

O'Connor has performed heroics at full-back in each of the...

Date published: 26/08/2010

Diveney takes plaudits at reserve-team awards night

MICK Diveney (left) receives his awards from John Hough.

GOALKICKING half-back Mick Diveney won two player-of-the-year trophies at the Roughyeds' Reserves' end-of-season presentations, held in a packed Whitebank Stadium function room.

The...

Date published: 26/08/2010

York test in play-offs

OLDHAM Roughyeds will face York City Knights at home in a Co-operative Championship One qualifying play-off on Sunday, September 12 (3pm kick-off).

Hornets RL were the only side capable of overtaking the Knights to claim third spot, but they lost 26-16 at home to Blackpool in their final game of the season.

Oldham will attempt to take revenge on a York side who ran out...

Date published: 23/08/2010

Roughyeds lose play-off

OLDHAM Roughyeds' second team's admirable season in a Reserves Division dominated by Championship sides ended at Widnes on Saturday with a 40-24 play-off defeat.

After finishing fifth behind Championship clubs Whitehaven, Featherstone, Leigh and Widnes, John Hough's men achieved their season's main objective which was to qualify for the play-offs for the first time since...

Date published: 23/08/2010

Play-off clash

OLDHAM Roughyeds reserves coach John Hough is determined his side will put up a good show in their play-off clash at Widnes Vikings tomorrow.

There will be fitness checks for prop-forward pair Ben Mellor and Ben Marsden before the trip to face Widnes Vikings at the home of the town’s rugby union club (1.30pm kick-off).

The game is followed by the reserves’...

Date published: 20/08/2010

Reserves face Vikings battle

RUNNING MAN . . . Oldham’s Dave Ellison takes on Hornets RL, the side Roughyeds could face again next month.

OLDHAM Roughyeds reserves will take on Widnes Vikings in a play-off clash on Saturday (1.30pm kick-off) at Widnes RU club.

Coach John Hough travelled to York on Tuesday night to watch...

Date published: 19/08/2010

Have your say on team’s star man

THE ROUGHYEDS supporters' player of the year award is to be sponsored by the Chronicle.

It means fans can have their say, through their local newspaper, on the one player they think has made the biggest difference in what has already been a remarkable season of success for the club — with the possibility of promotion to the Co-operative Championship through the play-offs...

Date published: 19/08/2010

Hough embarrassed

RUGBY LEAGUE:

DESPITE a disappointing 48-18 defeat by Leigh Centurions at the Whitebank Stadium, Roughyeds reserves will qualify for the first time for the top-six play-offs in the Reserves Championship.

They will go to either Widnes Vikings or Leigh in the opening round on Saturday depending on the result of tonight’s game between York and Widnes.

Reserves...

Date published: 17/08/2010

Boults treble takes sting out of Hornets

Wayne Kerr celebrates his touchdown

OLDHAM 44, HORNETS RL 14
BIG names from Oldham RL Club's past gathered at the Whitebank Stadium to watch the class of 2010 beat derby rivals Hornets RL for the third time this year....

Date published: 16/08/2010

Walker debut on the cards

JOHNNY Walker, the ex-Wigan forward whom Oldham signed on pro forms six weeks ago, will be in the mix when coach Tony Benson considers his selection options for Sunday's derby clash with Rochdale Hornets at Whitebank (3pm kick-off).

The 22-year-old back-row man, on contract to the Roughyeds until the end of next season, is still waiting for his senior debut although he has...

Date published: 13/08/2010

Benson’s derby warning

GREGG McNALLY

TONY Benson is expecting a fiercely-contested derby against Hornets RL at the Whitebank Stadium on Sunday (3pm).

The Roughyeds coach knows that a minimum of a second-place finish in...

Date published: 13/08/2010

Speed king stakes is a two-horse race

WHO'S QUICKEST? Is it John Gillam?

WHO would you put your money on to emerge as the fastest player on the Roughyeds' books?

Over the course of the season so far it's been whittled down to two — wingers Lucas...

Date published: 12/08/2010

Rugby double at Whitebank

A DOUBLE header takes place at the Whitebank Stadium this weekend.

The reserves bid to complete a double over Leigh on Saturday (2pm kick-off), a day before the first-team's big Co-operative Championship One derby against Hornets RL at the same venue.

The reserves are currently lying fifth behind Whitehaven, Featherstone, Leigh and Widnes, having been handed a 30-0 win...

Date published: 12/08/2010

Roughyeds supporters to cast verdicts

WITH the end of an already-memorable season in sight, Roughyeds fans are invited to start thinking about which players have impressed most at both first team and reserve team levels.

Tony Benson's first-team squad is assured of at least a second-place finish in Co-operative Championship One and with only one away game still to be played in the regular season, it boasts a...

Date published: 12/08/2010

Cornish lads hooked on the Roughyeds!

Sam, left, and Thomas will be leaving the picturesque Cornish coast for a trip to watch Roughyeds

TWO primary school boys from Cornwall will make a 650-mile round trip to support the Roughyeds in Sunday’s derby clash with Rochdale Hornets at the Whitebank Stadium....

Date published: 12/08/2010

Forwards back in the frame for Oldham

FORWARDS Craig Robinson and Luke Sutton will give Oldham boss Tony Benson a boost this week in the build-up to Sunday's big derby clash with Hornets RL at the Whitebank Stadium.

Robinson, restricted by a back injury to one senior game in the last 11 weeks, came unscathed through his comeback game for the reserves in their 42-30 defeat by Widnes on Saturday.

Sutton, who...

Date published: 10/08/2010

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