Oldham blown away by try blitz

Tarleton 41, Oldham RUFC 8

FROM being in the game at 8-8, Oldham were blown away by a more fluent Tarleton outfit in this North Lancashire Division One fixture.

Ben Kelly opened the scoring with a penalty for the hosts, but Oldham bounced back when Gaz Barber put through a good kick for Andy Gorey to score in the corner.

Matt Shorrock’s try restored Tarleton’s lead, but a penalty by Jordan McEwan levelled the scores.

After the half-hour mark, Tarleton began to assume control.

Oldham’s stand-out player was back-row forward Jake Watson who never stopped battling throughout the game and produced some superb cover tackling.






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