WE were a bit off colour at the New River Stadium in North London yet despite injuries to back-row pair Paul Noone and Paul Smith we managed to salvage a couple of precious league points with a late try by Miles Greenwood to earn the draw.
We led, in fact, from the 29th minute to the 75th, scoring four tries to the home side’s three and showing a lot of spirit to snatch the draw after going behind to a Dylan Skee try with only five minutes left on the clock.
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ROUGHYEDS Reserves made it three wins from five outings in the under-23s Reserves Championship with a 32-6 win against Sheffield Eagles at Whitebank on Thursday night, April 19.
In so doing Paul Ashton’s boys avenged a 38-14 loss against the Eagles, also at Whitebank, in the first league game of the season on March 8.
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ROUGHYEDS produced another terrific performance to beat Barrow Raiders 26-14 in the fourth round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup.
Barrow had first use of the Whitebank slope and went 14-0 up inside half an hour with tries by Nixon and Harrison and three goals by player-coach Darren Holt, who was one of seven new faces in the Raiders line up compared to the side which we beat 32-26 in the league a fortnight ago. continue reading
ROUGHYEDS lost their unbeaten Championship One record in a fiery derby at Spotland. They led 10-8 at half-time despite losing influential skipper Neil Roden with a severe deal leg after five minutes.
Hornets dominated a rough-house second half, however, to finish worthy winners, 18-10.
They already led 16-10 when our young forward Alex Thompson was sin-binned after a brawl in which players of both sides traded punches. Roughyeds were awarded a penalty for a high tackle on Thommo which sparked the free-for-all but the player, and the Oldham bench, were mystified when he was shown the yellow card and everyone else stayed on the field. continue reading
WINGER Shaun Robinson’s impressive hat-trick of tries was the highlight of the Roughyeds’ Reserve team’s 30-16 win over a spirited York City Knights outfit at Whitebank last Thursday night, April 5.
Playing his second game in the second team after a three-week lay-off with a hip injury, Robbo blitzed the Knights’ defence regularly by touchline-hugging runs over distance, setting up the opening try for full-back Mark Brocklehurst and then scoring himself in the 23rd, 55th and 70th minutes. continue reading
