Sneyd stacks up the points

Waterhead's Craig Highton St Annes' Jordan White and Greg Worrall

CARL Sneyd’s 16-point haul helped Waterhead secure a 28-14 home win over local rivals Oldham St Anne’s in the final National Conference interim campaign game of the season.

With the decision made only to send one side from each of the eight sections into the knock-out stage, this Group ‘E’ clash was effectively a dead rubber.

But the hosts did not play as if there was nothing riding on the contest, boosting their slender 8-6 half-time advantage with three tries in half-an-hour to surge ahead.

Sneyd opened the scoring after four minutes, converting his own try from a Terry Fitzgerald pass and adding a penalty before Nick Collins responded with a score, which Kiel Lancashire improved.

Craig Highton crossed after the break and Kieran Grennan also went over, Sneyd converting once to put Waterhead 20-6 up.

Dave Harris and Lancashire both went over for Saints, but Alan Williamson ensured that the home team finished a place and three points clear of St Anne’s in the final standings.

SADDLEWORTH Rangers ended their campaign on a low note, losing 44-0 at home to Siddal and having five players sin-binned in the process.

The Halifax side’s coach, former Super League and Oldham winger Lee Greenwood, scored two second-half tries for the visitors to embellish a result that was in the balance at half-time.

Tries from Sean Garrod and Matthew Batley and a Gareth Blackburn goal put Siddal 10-0 up as the sides got the second half under way.

The yellow cards flowed after that and the visitors added scores through Blackburn, Steve Illingworth (two) and Scott Law, plus substitute Greenwood’s double. Blackburn finished with six goals.