Roughyeds

No further action against Roughyeds half-back

Roughyeds scrum-half Dave Hewitt will be available for selection against London Skolars at the New River Stadium on Friday (7pm kick-off) despite getting a red card near the end of Oldham's game at North Wales Crusaders.

Date Published 24/05/2022

Carr loan deal extended to end of season

Young centre Connor Carr’s short-term loan from Huddersfield Giants to Oldham has been extended to the end of the season.

Date Published 23/05/2022

Community focus for darting 'Roughyeds on Tour'

A forthcoming initiative which Oldham Rugby League Club is calling 'Roughyeds on Tour' will enable fans to mix and mingle with players, coaches and backroom staff in local social...

Date Published 20/05/2022

Former Roughyeds player Pugsley dies

Former Roughyeds player Bob Pugsley has died peacefully, surrounded by his family.

Date Published 17/05/2022

Roughyeds stay focused on a bright future

While Oldham Rugby League Club is not exactly making people sit up with results on the field, this month of May is proving a very merry few weeks for the club in its ambitious...

Date Published 16/05/2022

New signing Nyle Flynn in action this weekend

NEW loan signing Nyle Flynn, a forward from Batley Bulldogs, goes straight into Stu Littler's 21-man squad for Saturday's Betfred League One clash with table-topping North Wales...

Date Published 13/05/2022

Oldham Rugby League Club to launch a new women's team

A public meeting on Thursday, May 26, will be an opportunity for anybody interested to find out about the new team and what the club is looking to do.

Date Published 13/05/2022

More signings to bolster Roughyeds pack

Following the extension of Dane Windrow's loan to the end of the season, Oldham Rugby League Club has signed two more forwards as Roughyeds look ahead to Saturday's clash with...

Date Published 12/05/2022

Highly-rated 19-year-old Dane Windrow loan period extended to the end of the season.

ROUGHYEDS are pleased to announce that the initial two-week loan of Wakefield's young forward Dane Windrow has been extended to the end of the season with a 48-hour recall...

Date Published 09/05/2022

New era beckons for Roughyeds

OLDHAM Rugby League Club and its Community Trust are on the threshold of a "new era" as they prepare for joint occupancy of Melrose Playing Fields in Chadderton with Hollinwood...

Date Published 29/04/2022

Tommy Brierley suffers broken leg in Cougars game.

Oldham Rugby League Club, beaten 32-6 at home by Keighley Cougars in their opening Betfred League One game, will go to Hunslet on Sunday without right-wing Tommy Brierley, who...

Date Published 30/03/2022

Slater to miss Sunday's clash with knee injury

Twenty-year-old, Oldham-born Slater has a torn medial ligament which could keep him sidelined for six weeks or more.

Date Published 22/03/2022

Oldham ready to 'pull together' for start of season

Stu Littler and his squad are eagerly looking forward to playing competitive rugby again in the opening Betfred League One game

Date Published 19/03/2022

'Building the YEDS together'

A new 2022 club slogan, "Building the YEDS together"

Date Published 16/03/2022

Roughyeds old boys starring in NCL

Phil Joy, Danny Bridge, Gareth Owen and Harry Maders aren't the only former Roughyeds players showing up well in local National Conference League sides.

Date Published 14/03/2022

Top-level local RL talks 'for mutual benefit'

The Chief Executive of Oldham Council accepted an invitation to attend the inaugural meeting of the group

Date Published 13/03/2022

Big local weekend ahead in Rugby League

Local Rugby League fans have plenty of live action to watch this weekend

Date Published 04/03/2022

Oldham's clean bill of health

Oldham Rugby League Club came relatively unscathed through Saturday's behind-closed-doors run-out at Salford

Date Published 28/02/2022

Countdown to League One begins with pre-season friendly for Roughyeds

Oldham will play a pre-season friendly at Keighley on Sunday week

Date Published 23/02/2022

Roughyeds' rehab team doing 'a great job'

Roughyeds head coach Stuart Littler has confirmed that the club's rehab team is doing "a great job" in clearing the injury list

Date Published 12/02/2022

All geared up and ready to go

Roughyeds are ready for action big Betfred League One kick-off in Rugby League

Date Published 09/02/2022

Oldham swoop for 'a rough diamond'

Jack Arnold has signed for Oldham RLFC after being released by Keighley Cougars

Date Published 08/02/2022

Oldham Rugby team up with Glo Gym

Glo Gym has become the club's official training partner.

Date Published 05/02/2022

Second partners meeting at the OEC

A second meeting of the various Rugby League organisations in Oldham, headed by Oldham RLFC, was held yesterday (Tuesday) at the Oldham Event Centre, Boundary Park.

Date Published 02/02/2022

Oldham apology for 'embarrassing night'

Oldham RLFC Chairman Christopher Hamilton has apologised for the club's first-ever defeat to amateur opposition in the 22-12 loss against Lock Lane.

Date Published 31/01/2022

Andrade, Whittel in Oldham RL cup squad

Emmerson Whittel and Jordan Andrade return to a 21-man squad

Date Published 29/01/2022

Oldham v Lock Lane cup-tie

Stuart Littler, Oldham Rugby League Club's head coach, was an 18-year-old rookie when he played for Leigh Miners against Rochdale Hornets in the Challenge Cup.

Date Published 28/01/2022

Ridyard chasing goals milestone

Martyn Ridyard will be hoping to reach a memorable and significant goals milestone in his first competitive game for Oldham Rugby League Club.

Date Published 26/01/2022

24-all draw in taste of what's to come

Three of Oldham’s four tries were absolute beauties.

Date Published 25/01/2022

A 'famous five' leadership group at Oldham

Coach Stuart Littler's Oldham RLFC Leadership Group in the coming season will comprise of five experienced players - three forwards and two half-backs.

Date Published 21/01/2022

The Roughyeds boys are back in town

Roughyeds have confirmed that their home base in the 2022 Betfred League One season will be the Vestacare Stadium

Date Published 21/12/2021

New fans' club at Oldham Rugby

Brothers Jamie and Kristian Hollingworth are behind the formation of a new Oldham RLFC Supporters' organisation.

Date Published 04/12/2021

Thornton signs one-year deal at Roughyeds

Relegated Oldham Rugby League Club, are rebuilding on a tight budget in the hope of regaining Championship status at the first attempt.

Date Published 02/12/2021

Prop Newton follows his mates to Oldham

Underbank prop Dom Newton takes his place in the new-look squad

Date Published 12/11/2021

Cornish venture can be a wow, says 'Alex'

Cornwall might be famous for pasties, beaches, surfing, cream teas, quaint fishing harbours and the Eden Project, but Adrian Alexander is convinced there will come a time when...

Date Published 08/11/2021

Oldham sign former Keighley Cougars prop Jason Muranka

Roughyeds confirm the arrival of former Dewsbury, Doncaster and Keighley Cougars back-row man Jason Muranka.

Date Published 04/11/2021

Upbeat Mills joins Oldham with head held high.

Oldham Rugby League Club's new head coach Stu Littler, a self-confessed 'rugby nerd', is a big believer in the 'made in Oldham', trademark.

Date Published 29/10/2021

Big night for local Rugby League fans.

Oldham Rugby League Club can confirm that a Fans' Forum will take place on Thursday of next week, November 4, 2021 at the Oldham Event Centre, Boundary Park, starting at 7.30pm.

Date Published 27/10/2021

Oldham Rugby League Club award winners

The official event was held at the Oldham Event Centre on Saturday night.

Date Published 25/10/2021

Ridyard follows Littler to Oldham

Hugely-experienced play-maker and organiser Martyn Ridyard will be Oldham Rugby League Club's "old head" in a comparatively young Roughyeds side next season.

Date Published 22/10/2021

Coventry signs for Oldham

Oldham Rugby League Club have signed former Featherstone Rovers, Hunslet and Keighley Cougars prop Jack Coventry on a one-year contract.

Date Published 21/10/2021

Will Cooke signs for Oldham

As Oldham Rugby League Club's 2022 squad building exercise continues apace, Roughyeds have clinched the signing of 24-year-old Will Cooke, a Castleford-born centre who has played...

Date Published 21/10/2021

David Hewitt stays at Oldham RL Club

Half-back David Hewitt has signed a new Oldham Rugby League Club contract with the intention of re-paying the club for, on his own admission, an inauspicious 2021 season after a...

Date Published 21/10/2021

Cameron signs for home-town club

Oldham boy Callum Cameron, once of Waterhead, then of Castleford Tigers scholarship, then of Huddersfield Giants' academy and reserves, has signed a one-year Roughyeds' contract...

Date Published 18/10/2021

Local lad Joe looking for more game time

After a debut season as a professional in Oldham Rugby League Club's 2021 Championship campaign, local lad Joe Hartley is no longer a "fresher" and he intends to make a serious...

Date Published 12/10/2021

Betfred's boost for RFL

Betfred and the Rugby Football League (RFL) have announced two-year extensions to the title sponsorships of the Championship, League 1 and the Women’s Super League.

Date Published 11/10/2021

No 2 Sheridan ready for 'new challenges'

Assistant boss Brendan Sheridan, a key man in Oldham Rugby League Club's coaching and game-day preparation, says he is delighted to sign a new one-year contract and is eagerly...

Date Published 11/10/2021

Oldham Rugby League Club's Awards Night to return after Covid break

Oldham Rugby League Club's popular end-of-season Awards Night is back.

Date Published 08/10/2021

Littler lands Oldham job on two-year deal.

Oldham Rugby League Club has signed former Swinton Lions boss and current Ireland international team chief Stuart Littler as head coach.

Date Published 06/10/2021

Brian Mac talks of his "humbling experience" at Oldham

With his connections as coaching consultant at relegated Oldham now officially ended, Brian McDermott has talked of his "humbling experience" during his ten-match stay with the...

Date Published 02/10/2021

Dupree picks up Young Player of the Year award

Tearaway forward Tyler Dupree has been named Betfred Championship Young Player of the Year - reward for having had a terrific 2021 season in the Oldham pack despite the Roughyeds'...

Date Published 01/10/2021

Fitton Hill reunion stirs the memories

Amateur Rugby League's all-embracing community spirit shone through at a function in Oldham on Saturday night when more than 30 former players of the long-gone Fitton Hill club...

Date Published 29/09/2021

Funeral arrangements confirmed for Brian Walker and Kevin Flanagan

The funeral arrangements for lifelong Oldham RLFC supporter Brian Walker, who was on the board of Rugby Oldham Supporters' Trust and was one of the trustees of the Oldham RL...

Date Published 29/09/2021

Roughyeds quartet make Vikings switch

Four players who were regulars in the Oldham side that was relegated from the Betfred Championship at the end of the 2021 season have left the club to sign for Widnes Vikings.

Date Published 27/09/2021

Dupree nominated for top award

Oldham Rugby League Club's tearaway young forward Tyler Dupree is one of three nominees for the Betfred Championship Young Player Of The Year award.

Date Published 23/09/2021

The final siren sounds on Brian Walker, a 'true Roughyed'

Every strand of the rugby league community in Oldham will be shocked and saddened by the death of lifelong Roughyeds fan Brian Walker, an enthusiastic worker for his favourite...

Date Published 22/09/2021

Kevin Flanagan dies, aged 74

Former Roughyeds and Rochdale Hornets forward Kevin Flanagan has died, aged 74.

Date Published 21/09/2021

Oldham RL chief 'frustrated' by funding uncertainties

Oldham Rugby League Club chairman Chris Hamilton has expressed his frustration at the uncertainty about league structures in 2023 and central funding next year, describing it as...

Date Published 17/09/2021

Why Owen are Bent looking forward to tomorrow's Thunder game

They might be down already, but that won't make Roughyeds any less determined to play with commitment and energy against Newcastle Thunder at Bower Fold tomorrow (Sunday, 3pm...

Date Published 11/09/2021

Kirk returns for Roughyeds' final home game

Prop Liam Kirk, who has missed the last four games with a head injury (concussion), is back in the Roughyeds' 21-man squad for Sunday's last home game of the season against...

Date Published 10/09/2021

McDermott hails the Roughyeds faithful

Brian McDermott, the former Leeds Rhinos boss whom relegated Oldham Rugby League Club brought in as coaching consultant in the hope that he might save them from the drop, has...

Date Published 10/09/2021

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