Saints suffer late loss

Photo: PICTURE: CHRIS SUNDERLAND.

ANDREW Burgess, of Oldham St Anne’s ‘A’, in action against Rochdale Mayfield 'A’.

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OLDHAM St Anne’s ‘A’ went down to a last-gasp 29-28 home loss at the hands of neighbours Rochdale Mayfield ‘A’ in North-West Men’s League Division Two.

A goal by man of the match John Marsland at the death clinched the victory for the away outfit.

Saints opened the scoring with a Kieran Percy try and a conversion by Ryan O’Donnell, before Mayfield eased to a 22-12 lead at half time.

By the hour mark, Saints had taken the lead with tries for Graeme Sykes, Chris Tomlin and Oliver Brian, O’ Donnell adding a couple of goals.

Six minutes from time, winger Anthony Bamford squeezed in at the corner with Marsland landing an excellent touchline conversion, before sealing the game with a 40-metre drop goal.






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