THE Saddleworth School year eight rugby team defied wet and blustery conditions to sweep aside Great Sankey School, Warrington, 42-6 away to leave them top…
View More Saddleworth School year 8 victory puts them top of group in Carnegie Champion Schools’ Competition
SADDLEWORTH SCHOOL’S year 10 rugby team maintained its 100-per-cent start to the season with two further victories in the North West Carnegie Champion Schools’ competition.…
View More Year 10 rugby team keeps unbeaten start to the season
LONG-SERVING Kenny Hughes believes Oldham will be good enough to make an impact on League 1 next season. He thinks new signings – nine so far…
View More Hughes backing Oldham to make impact on League 1OLDHAM will play their usual pre-season game against newly-promoted Barrow Raiders at Craven Park on Sunday, January 21, kick-off at 2pm. It will give fans…
View More Oldham to launch 2018 with pre-season game against Barrow Raiders
SCOTT Naylor has confirmed what every Oldham fan already believed – that new signing Paul Crook will be the Roughyeds’ midfield linchpin in a highly-competitive League One…
View More Crook will be key for Roughyeds says Naylor
OLDHAM Rugby League Club’s League 1 campaign in 2018 begins on Sunday, February 18 with a tough test in Cumbria against last season’s beaten promotion…
View More Oldham face Whitehaven away for starters in 2018 season
REFEREE Robert Hicks described it as the “pinnacle” after being chosen to officiate in the Rugby League World Cup. The 36-year-old from Austerlands was named…
View More Robert refs Down Under for Rugby League World CupLIAM Thompson, who has made 105 senior appearances in his five seasons at Oldham, has confirmed that he is heading off to Australia to start…
View More Oldham’s Thompson off to AustraliaOLDHAM’S squad-building exercise for 2018 continued today with the capture of 20-year-old second-row forward Adam Jones, who was at Swinton Lions last season. A Wiganer,…
View More Oldham continue to re-build with signing of Adam JonesOLDHAM RLFC has confirmed that, subject to final approval by the Rugby Football League, Roughyeds will return to the borough next season after playing at Bower…
View More Oldham RLFC set sights on return to home ground in boroughSCOTT Naylor says Oldham’s latest signing, former St Helens youngster Dave Eccleston, has the raw talent to potentially become a star of the future. The…
View More Naylor sees latest signing as star of the future
OLDHAM have confirmed that Sammy Gee, the Roughyeds’ vice-captain for the past five seasons, has retired from professional rugby league. Signed as a hooker, he has…
View More Roughyeds’ Sammy Gee retires from professional rugby leagueA pacy outside back from Featherstone who describes himself as a “proper Yorkshire lad” has become Oldham RL Club’s fourth new boy in the Roughyeds’…
View More Oldham swoop to sign ‘proper Yorkshire lad’
KENNY Hughes will be back at Oldham in 2018 for a sixth season of first-team rugby in Roughyeds’ colours. The 27-year-old hooker, who has totalled…
View More Naylor praise for ‘King Kenny’ as he enters sixth season with Oldham
Review by Trevor Baxter YOU don’t need to be a rugby league fan to enjoy ‘Up an Under’ a classic tale of David versus Goliath.…
View More No early bath for Up and Under ‘spectators’ at Oldham Coliseum
PROP Ben Davies is the eighth member of last season’s relegated Oldham RL squad to stick with the Roughyeds in League 1. Davies, 27, had…
View More Oldham’s Davies remains loyal to his mates
RUGBY League legends Kevin Sinfield, Paul Sculthorpe and Barrie McDermott went back to where their playing days began for a charity sevens tournament. They were…
View More Stars return to Waterhead for Danny Jones fundraiser
OLDHAM Rugby League Club will be strongly represented when ‘Strictly’ comes to the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday, October 20. Club chairman Chris Hamilton and…
View More Roughyeds in ‘Strictly’ mood for hospice fundraiser
ANTHONY Crolla, guest speaker at Oldham RL Club’s forthcoming 20th Anniversary gala dinner, hopes to get another crack at a WBA lightweight title after his unanimous…
View More Oldham’s Anthony Crolla set for Roughyeds’ gala dinner after WBA lightweight win
SCOTT Naylor, Oldham RL coach, has lauded the signings of Roughyeds’ new boys Luke Nelmes and Paul Crook. Points-machine Crook, 31, has been brought in…
View More Naylor pleased to bring Nelmes and Crook to Oldham
KEVIN Sinfield welcomed His Royal Highness Prince Harry to a reception hosted by the England Rugby League team in Manchester. As part of a trip,…
View More Rugby legend welcomes Prince Harry to Manchester
JAMES Greenwood is eagerly looking forward to a return to the Betfred Super League after Hull KR won promotion. The 26-year-old, who was raised in…
View More Success for Greenwood brothers on opposite sides of the world
OLDHAM have signed former Rochdale points-machine Paul Crook in the hope that he can provide the pivotal experience and know-how to carry Roughyeds back to…
View More Ex-Hornets points machine Paul Crook joins Oldham
LOCAL boxing hero Anthony ‘Million Dolla’ Crolla, who will be the star attraction and guest speaker at Oldham Rugby League Club’s 20th Anniversary gala dinner on November…
View More Roughyeds rooting for local boxing hero Crolla
DESPITE relegation, Scott Naylor is staying at Oldham as head coach, with a pledge that he will do all in his power to get Roughyeds back in…
View More New two-year deal for Oldham boss Naylor
RUGBY League fans can soon watch two plays based on their favourite sport at local venues. Presented by Rugby League Cares and the sport’s Heritage…
View More Rugby league fans can enjoy the sport on stage at local venues
LOCAL boxing hero and ex-WBA champion Anthony ‘Million Dolla’ Crolla will be the star attraction at Oldham Rugby League Club’s 20th Anniversary gala dinner at the Queen…
View More Local boxing hero will be star attraction at Oldham Rugby League Club’s 20th AnniversaryADAM Neal, anchor man of the Oldham pack, has become the first Roughyeds’ player to re-sign for next season and he promises that, despite relegation,…
View More Neal sets the lead at Oldham
SADDLEWORTH Rangers’ club photographer Jackie Clowes confessed to being lost for words after being chosen as the Oldham Amateur Rugby League’s unsung hero for 2017.…
View More Saddleworth Rangers’ photographer Jackie ‘honoured’ to be unsung hero
A HILARIOUS underdog story brings the world of amateur rugby league up close and personal in ‘Up ‘N’ Under’ at Oldham Coliseum in October. The…
View More Popular rugby comedy to entertain at Oldham ColiseumSPEAKING after the 29-22 home defeat by Dewsbury Rams, Oldham coach Scott Naylor said: “This wasn’t the way we wanted to finish the season, but…
View More Disappointment for Naylor after Oldham’s relegationDESPITE the bitter disappointment of relegation, Oldham’s coaching and playing staff need to be professional and switched-on in their final game of the season against Dewsbury Rams…
View More Oldham must rise above relegation disappointment says NaylorCOACH Scott Naylor has confirmed that, long-term injuries apart, he will have a full squad from which to pick his Oldham 17 for Sunday’s big relegation battle…
View More Full squad fit means tough decisions for Naylor against SwintonFULL-TIME Super League referee Chris Kendall will handle the Swinton-Oldham relegation battle, which the Lions have named ‘the £100,000 game’. The winner-takes-all contest will be played this…
View More Chris Kendall to referee as Oldham face Swinton in relegation clash
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