Russell leaves Milnrow shaken

LOUD AND PROUD: Oldham St Anne’s under-12s celebrate with the Chronicle Cup. Man of the match Oliver Russell (left, centre) holds the trophy with captain Callum Fletcher

YOUTH RUGBY:

OLDHAM St Anne's under-12s bounced back from a disappointing defeat in the North-West Counties Cup final to claim another trophy — the Chronicle Cup — in fine style.

Saints defeated Milnrow 28-0 to claim the title, with boy-of-the-match Oliver Russell scoring twice to add to a pair of tries from Jacob Foley and one from Patrick Casey.

Russell and Casey both kicked two goals as St Anne's triumphed at Saddleworth Rangers ARLFC.


SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-10s lost 16-6 at Shevington Sharks in a terrific game of rugby league.

The final result could have gone either way and it took two late tries from the home side to take the game away from Rangers.

A tight first period went Saddleworth's way when Guy Edwards skipped round the defence to take a great kick, helping his side to a 6-0 half-time lead.

Rangers pushed hard in the second half but a further score eluded them and Shevington recovered to run out winners.


BRADLEY Jinks was man-of-the-match for Saddleworth’s under-nines as they saw off Hindley by seven tries to six.

A length-of-field try from Josh Yarwood was followed up by scores from Ben Forster, Jinks and most improved player Tom Healey, helping Rangers claim the win.