ROUGHYED REVIEW PROGRAMME No.8 Luke’s new Sunday, 3rd June, 2018 loan is KICK-OFF 3PM season-long £3.00 page 14 Roughyed Fan Focus Joe Snape page 9 OLDHAM VS DONCASTER Proud Sponsors of PASSIONATEPASSIONATE ABOUTABOUT RUGBYRUGBY LEAGUELEAGUE 3 HOW CHRIS SEES IT They have been training and also the help and co- since early November so operation of Chris Chester. a few days off will have York last week suffered done them the world of only their second league good. defeat up at Whitehaven, The next “rest” won’t be which shows not only how until Wembley weekend tough this competition is WELCOME back to the at the end of August and but also how good a win Vestacare Stadium for this that in itself shows what a ours was up there at the rearranged game against long season it is for both Recreation Ground on the Doncaster. players and coaches as first day of the season Donny are one of the clubs well as all the relevant when the City Knights lost by two points to Bradford hoping to be in the mix back-up staff. at the end of the season Bulls in their only previous and with a combination In the interim period my league defeat. operation was postponed of their own players and By the time you’re reading for a second time so to those from a strong dual- this I will hopefully have keep myself busy I re- registration link with Hull had my operation and signed Luke Hooley on FC they have made a good I’d like to thank all those start to the season. a season-long loan and people who have sent brought back Lee Kershaw For our part, a week off good wishes ahead of the on another month’s loan . op. after the West Wales . initially that is ! Raiders game and then Please keep up your great a blank weekend was Both played well for us in support of the team and beneficial for both coaches their previous spells and fingers crossed for a win and players and they will hopefully there will be today. have come back this week more of the same to come. Enjoy the game, with renewed energy. Michael Carter, the Christopher Hamilton, I think people sometimes Wakefield chairman, has Chairman, forget just what a been good to us and we Oldham Rugby League commitment they put in. really appreciate his help Football Club www.roughyeds.co.uk 4 VIEW FROM DRESSING ROOM AND DUG-OUT . this week head coach SCOTT NAYLOR HELLO everyone and them a different animal welcome to today’s altogether. game against Doncaster I imagine that Richard at the Vestacare Horne will have been Stadium. into his players since The Betfred League 1 that defeat and that the division is now starting 17 lads picked today will to take shape after want to put things right 10 or 11 games and for him and their fans. the top-five positions That makes today’s clash that everyone is a very interesting one. expecting are becoming We are level on points so increasingly difficult the win is vital to create to hold on to as we’ve a gap and hopefully kick seen in recent weeks on with our winning run with York losing at in the league campaign. Whitehaven and Doncaster being beaten On a lighter note it’s by Hunslet just like we great to see Richard were in round three. Horne joining the coaching ranks and I’m It’s now looking like sure he will be a huge eight teams are vying for success. those five spots so every game from here on in is Let’s just hope my old massively important. friend Lee Radford hasn’t given him too Our opponents today many dual-reg players, come to us on the Muse Developments Ltd are Many thanks, sponsors of head coach back of that loss to Scott Naylor and his Hunslet which makes Scott assistant Peter Carey www.roughyeds.co.uk STATISTICS Betfred League 1 Table P W L D PF PA PD PTS Bradford Bulls 11 10 1 0 510 111 399 20 York City Knights 11 9 2 0 514 160 354 18 Oldham RLFC 10 7 3 0 334 126 208 14 Doncaster RLFC 10 7 3 0 372 175 197 14 Workington Town 11 7 4 0 379 211 168 14 Keighley Cougars 11 7 4 0 426 274 152 14 Whitehaven RLFC 10 7 3 0 300 187 113 14 Hunslet RLFC 10 6 4 0 294 200 94 12 North Wales Crusaders 11 4 6 1 267 254 13 9 Newcastle Thunder 10 4 6 0 246 228 18 8 London Skolars 11 3 7 1 272 398 -126 7 Coventry Bears 10 1 9 0 122 492 -370 2 Hemel Stags 11 0 11 0 92 570 -478 0 West Wales Raiders 9 0 9 0 44 786 -742 0 Oldham RLFC Player Stats 2018 Squad Player Total Appearance Interchange Tries Goals Drop Points Squad Player Total Appearance Interchange Tries Goals Drop Points No. App App Goals No. App App Goals 1 Kyran Johnson 7 7 0 3 4 0 20 20 Matty Wilkinson 11 6 5 3 0 0 12 2 Dave Eccleston 12 12 0 4 0 0 16 21 Kenny Hughes 11 4 7 1 0 0 4 3 Matt Reid 9 9 0 5 0 0 20 22 Danny Rasool 4 0 4 1 0 0 4 4 ack Holmes 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 23 Luke Nelmes 13 0 13 2 0 0 8 24 Liam Bent 10 8 2 2 0 0 8 5 Steven Nield 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 25 Danny Bridge 13 13 0 7 0 0 28 6 Paul Crook 12 12 0 1 52 0 108 27 Joe Martin 2 2 0 2 0 0 8 7 Dave Hewitt 12 12 0 5 5 1 1 29 Zack McComb 6 6 0 8 0 0 32 8 Phil Joy 11 11 0 5 0 0 20 30 Ben West 7 7 0 5 0 0 20 9 Gareth Owen 7 5 2 1 0 0 4 DR Ryan Lannon 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 Adam Neal 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 DR Levy Nzoungou 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 Craig Briscoe 8 0 8 2 0 0 8 LO Luke Hooley 4 4 0 1 0 0 4 12 Danny Langtree 13 13 0 6 0 0 24 LO Kieran Gill 3 3 0 2 0 0 8 13 Jack Spencer 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 DR Daniel Murray 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 Ben Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO Lee Kershaw 4 4 0 3 0 0 12 19 Adam Jones 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 DR Gavin Bennion 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 * DR (Dual Registered Player) LO (Player on Loan) 7 Zack’s back-to-back hat-tricks send him The only other player with top of our try chart the ‘new’ club to boast the distinction of try hat-tricks in successive games was David BUOYED by three tries against Hemel Stags and Gibbons who, in January, three more down in LLanelli against West Wales 2001, ran in three against Raiders, centre Zack McComb has taken over the amateurs Queensbury and leadership of our 2018 club try chart (see player four against Chorley Lynx in stats on facing page). the following game. He currently has eight in six appearances - one Danny Bridge did his more than Danny Bridge and two more than chances of finishing top Danny Langtree. no harm at all with a brace Zack McComb People have been wanting to know when an of tries against Hemel Oldham player last scored try hat-tricks in and another one in our 74-0 win at West Wales consecutive games and the answer is winger Nick Raiders. With seven, he pushed his second-row Johnson in March, 2004 with three in a 40-10 win partner Danny Langtree down into third place and at Chorley and three more a week later in a 56-12 became, currently, our top try-scoring forward. defeat of Rochdale. He blotted his copybook when sin-binned in Jon Ford and Adam Hughes scored six tries in Llanelli for use of knees in a tackle, but the RFL’s consecutive games, but they were four and two, match review panel later ruled that the yellow card rather than hat-tricks. was sufficient punishment. 8 DEBBIE Abrahams, MP history. It is a part of our from day one and is still for Oldham East and community and I very its chairman and owner. Saddleworth, has helped much look forward to The book’s author, Craig the club to mark its 20th the next 20 years and Halstead, said: “It was anniversary by writing beyond.” with great pleasure that an introductory article I accepted an invitation in a new book titled, Club chairman Chris by Chris Hamilton to tell ‘Roughyeds - Against Hamilton said: “This latest the story of the club’s All The Odds’, that book by Craig Halstead fortunes over the last chronicles the club’s is another cracker. The 20 years. I thoroughly history. title underlines the obstacles the club has enjoyed talking, among Debbie, who attended a had to overcome just others, to past and special gala dinner held at to exist.