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SECOND TO NONE Saddleworth 22 Oldham St Annes 16

09.02.18 Standard Cup Semi Final

As semi finals and derbies go, it doesn’t get much tougher going to on a cold, wet February afternoon. With Saints boasting a strong squad, Saddleworth opted to go with experience rather than youth in their line up and it was that quality that would be important in the result.

The early exchanges were fierce, and Saddleworth certainly ramped up the pressure in the early stages pinning Saints in their own quarter. With ball in hand, Rangers thwarted the Saints attack with some strong defence, pushing them back time and time again. It was relentless, and it would take a great play to unlock the defence.

As both sides were toughing it out through the middle, it took until the 23rd minute before the deadlock was broken, and it was the home side who scored in the right hand corner through Sam Hart. The conversion missed, Ranger lead 4 nil.

This lead was short lived, as Saints started to get some better field position deep in the Saddleworth half. The visitors made this pay when Billy Barnes went from dummy half and bulldozed his way over the line to plant the ball over the line. Matt Whitehead added the extras, taking the Saints to a 6 points to 4 lead.

7 minutes later, Saints struck again as a chip over the top was collected by Dom Bryan who found Whitehead on his inside, and it was the stand off who romped under the posts to touch down an excellent worked move. Whitehead converted his own try to take the Saints to a commanding, and well deserved 12 to 4 lead.

For the next 7 minutes to half time, Rangers had St Annes in an arm wrestle, and the advantage and pressure was exerted by the hosts. On the stroke of half time, Josh Bradbury showed some good footwork to avoid the tackles 5m out from the Saints line. The wily scrum half slid a great weighted kick under the posts where the Saints failed to deal with it, and it took Gareth Morgan the first to react to touchdown. Bradbury added the goal. Half time - Rangers 10 Saints 12. Credit both sides in that first half as it was brutal and unforgiving at times, yet both teams played the game fair and in the right spirits. The team who would win this would be the one who could keep their nerves.

On 56 minutes it was the hosts who took the lead once more through a try in the left hand corner through Jeffery. Bradbury added the goal to take the game to 16 to 12. 8 minutes later, it was a beauty, through a half break by centre Joe Hartley found winger Dalloway who showed great speed to accelerate down the left hand touchline. Credit the winger, he drew the defender to find the supporting Ryan Powell and he raced 15m to score wide on the left. Great score which started inside the Saints half. Whitehead missed the conversion to take the game to deadlock 16 all.

They say experience is important in sport, and that was the case when Rangers sealed victory on 68 minutes when St Annes failed to hold Michael Coates who twisted out of two tackles and raced towards the line to score from 20m out. Bradbury hit the conversion 22 to 16. Despite the Saints going close in the last few minutes, Rangers defence held strong to take the game and the route into the Standard Cup Final. President Chairman Paul Neville neil flanagan

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In Memoriam Steven Booth - John Harley - Paul Kay - Gary Lees - Don Yates Jack O’Brien - Ray Clarke - Stuart McDonough -Alan Whitehead Roy Wild - John Walker Jack Bolton - Walter Chamberlain - Ellen Whitehead Eric Gledhill - Ronnie Hanley Honorary Life Members Mick Bloor - Donald Heap - Derek Rogers - Billy Lloyd Hugh McDonald - Jim Leach GAME day message

I would like to welcome the new head coach of Salford Roosters, Chris Irwin and his team to Higginshaw Road today in what should be an entertaining game of .

In the off season, Salford have recruited well and it showed in last Saturdays game when the Roosters were victorious over , 28 to 22, whilst our boys were on the end of a 32 to 4 loss over at Gateshead. A disappointing result, especially when pre-season has gone well for the team that resulted in some great performances against St Judes, Waterhead, Saddleworth and Ovenden respectively.

Player recruitment has gone well for the Saints and now can boast 60 players registered in both the NCL and NWML team which is a fantastic achievement for any amateur rugby league club, and one we are extremely proud of.

The NWML season kicks off next weekend as new head coach, ex and Oldham centre, Michael Fogerty takes his promoted team to Ulverston hoping to reverse the loss they suffered up there last season. It certainly will be an interesting battle in and will be a good indicator on how the team will fair in Division One.

Finally, it was great to be a part of the Under 18s as they got their season off to a flyer last Wednesday evening with a 34 to 14 victory of local rivals Mayfield.

Enjoy the game.

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16.02.19 BARLA National Cup Round 1

After the adverse weather a couple of weeks previous, the weather was glorious as the Saints welcomed Championship table toppers, Ovenden to Higginshaw Road. With a much changed squad, it allowed the coaching team to try a few different options prior to the NCL start a week later. The game started at frantic pace, with both teams locked into an arm wrestle for a good 25 minutes. The tackles were tough, and both sides were penalised as the on field temperatures started to rise. However, after sustained pressure, it was the home side that were first to register the points of the game through a charging run by James Shaw, going through some weak defence to touch down. Whitehead converted to take the score to Saints 6 Ovenden 0. This score seemed to break the seal for the Saints, as it was hooker Ryan Powell who touched down from dummy half to score 5 minutes later. Whitehead landed the conversion to stretch the lead to 12 points. On 37 minutes, Ovenden tried to clear their lines, and in the process knocked on. It was the quick thinking of scrum half Luke Skilling who hacked the ball into the in goal area, won the foot race to touch down to score. Whitehead duly added the goal to take the score to 18 nil, and the home side were in total control.

On the stroke on half time, Saints extended the lead even further through a busting run by debutant, Zac Javed wide on the left. Half time score, Saints 22 Ovenden 0.

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16.02.19 Salford Roosters‘A’ 0 St Annes NWML 34 Friendly

With a new head coach at the helm, the Saints NWML team took to the field for the first time in 2019 for a pre-season run out against a much changed and improved Salford team. The performance must have given coach Michael Fogerty a huge boost as the Saints ran in tries through Dom Igoe, Jonny Kelly, Craig Basnett, Guy Harvey, Eric Johnson and Greg Worrall. Under 18, Max Flanagan was on hand with 5 conversions. The Saints now look forward to their opening game in Division One in the NWML against Ulverston who went up as champions last time out, with the Saints going up as runners up.

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23.02.19 NCL

The Saints travelled to a Gateshead team who had a change in head coach pre-season, and had a major push on recruitment for the 2019 NCL season. However, the Saints had pulled together a strong squad to avenge last season’s defeat at Kingston Park, where they had control of the game in the first half, and then let it slip in the second half.

The early exchanges were typical of an opening game of the season, where both sets of players were trying to get on top of their opposite number to exert their dominance. The hosts were helped by a string of penalties that seemed harsh on the visiting Saints.

It was the home side who let their dominance show in the first 25 minutes where they raced into a 16 nil lead before Saints got over the whitewash through centre Joe Hartley just before half time. There was hope as the second half got under way, but was short lived when Gateshead went over the line just after the restart. With the penalty count increasing for the visitors, the Storm exerted their pressure into points, and the Saints had John Deakin sent to the sin bin for dissent. Just before the final whistle, frustrations boiled over and a brawl ensued with Callum Fletcher sent off along with one other from Gateshead.

The final score, Gateshead Storm 32 Saints 4.