DONCASTER 40 OLDHAM 18

INJURIES and illness have ravaged the Roughyeds dressing room in the last two or three weeks and these unwelcome ‘invaders’ certainly had a big bearing on what happened at the Keepmoat Stadium. Continue Reading

ROUGHYEDS RESERVES 14 HALIFAX 22

OUR Reserves lost ground in the jostle for position in the upper reaches of the Reserves Under-23s Championship when beaten by a very determined Halifax side at Whitebank last Thursday night (May 3). Continue Reading

Roughyeds Reserves 28 Keighley Cougars Reserves 28

STEVEN Nield scored a try, made another and kicked two goals as Oldham RL reserves drew 28-28 with Keighley Cougars at Whitebank last night. Continue Reading

OLDHAM 32 NORTH WALES CRUSADERS 36

NORTH Wales Crusaders became the first side this season to win in the league at Whitebank when they produced the shock of the round to score seven tries to Roughyeds’ six and to return to Wrexham with the Welsh flag flying high.

In their previous game a fortnight ago they were trounced 58-0 at Workington so this very worthy win represented a massive swing in fortunes and one that, understandably, put a huge smile on the face of coach Clive Griffiths. Continue Reading

St Helens 76 – 0 Oldham

THE Roughyeds’ interest in Carnegie Challenge Cup 2012 came to an end in the impressive new Langtree Park stadium on Friday night, April 27, when we went down fighting against the super stars of Super League club St Helens, losing 76-0.

Despite that scoreline our boys won many new friends for their sheer commitment to the cause on a night which has to be viewed as a more than successful conclusion to our Challenge Cup ‘journey’ this year. Continue Reading