Oldham beaten by Halifax

OLDHAM 28, HALIFAX 42

OLDHAM crashed to a home defeat to Halifax after suffering from a first-half blitz.

Halifax, fielding ex-Roughyeds stars Miles Greenwood and Ben Heaton, flew into a 30-0 lead at the interval, thanks to tries from James Saltonstall, Jake Eccleston, Gareth Moore (two) and Mitch Calahane, Moore kicking five conversions.

Scott Naylor's men fought back after the interval at Bower Fold, in a game played out in front of 1,046.

Will Hope grabbed a double, wither side of another converted Saltonstall effort, with Steve Roper converting twice.

Oldham's Jamel Chisholm was next to cross in an action-packed contest, before Calahane's second which was added to by a Connor Robinson two-pointer.

Adam Clay managed two tries in the final 10 minutes, but Scott Naylor's men could not quite get within touching distance of the West Yorkshire side.