Benson demands major improvement
Oldham coach Tony Benson will demand a major improvement from his side after last week’s 30-0 defeat against Doncaster.
Oldham coach Tony Benson will demand a major improvement from his side after last week’s 30-0 defeat against Doncaster.
Mick Butterfield (knee) and Carl Hughes (ribs) both have a chance of playing in Sunday’s Co-operative Championship One fixture with Oldham.
Old hand Phil Joseph guided Swinton to a nail-biting 18-16 success against Oldham at the Willows.
Swinton Lions coach Steve McCormack hopes his side can bounce back after being on the wrong end of a 112-0 thumping at Warrington Wolves last week.
Oldham have spent heavily on four days of work by turf specialists SGC which will hopefully create a pristine playing surface at the Whitebank Stadium.
Coach Tony Benson and his Oldham first-team squad are reeling from the double whammy of injuries and sickness.
Oldham’s injury jinx has struck again, this time hitting centre Mick Fogerty in his first game of the season against South Wales Scorpions on Sunday.
South Wales Scorpions celebrated their best crowd of the season so far with their best performance so far as they overcame Oldham 40-20 “on the road” on Caerphilly.
South Wales Scorpions could hand a debut to former York and Rochdale back-row forward Chris Clough in Sunday’s Co-operative Championship One fixture against Oldham.
Doncaster hooker Kyle Kesik, sent off in the Oldham game at Whitebank on May Day, has escaped further punishment by the RFL disciplinary panel.
Oldham hope they won’t have to wave farewell to on-loan half-back Carl Forber when his initial one-month agreement comes to an end soon.
Oldham players Mark Brocklehurst and Jason Boults are out of the Roughyeds’ fourth-round Carnegie Challenge Cup tie at Hull on Saturday (1pm).
Oldham have suffered a major injury setback with the news that winger Lucas Onyango will be sidelined for at least two months with a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Despite an injury pile-up, Oldham RL boss Tony Benson believes the squad is ready to progress to bigger and better things
Swinton half-back Carl Forber has joined Oldham on a month’s loan.
Oldham coach Tony Benson is set to unleash Luke Stenchion in Sunday’s Co-operative Championship One clash with London Skolars.
Keighley Cougars player-coach Jason Demetriou has a 60 per cent chance of playing as he battles to recover from a recent quad injury.
South Wales Scorpions recorded their first victory of the Co-operative Championship One season following an impressive 60-20 victory over Gateshead Thunder.
Oldham’s injury crisis gets worse as coach Tony Benson struggles to deal with at least eight absentees for Sunday’s Co-operative Championship One fixture with Swinton Lions.
Whitehaven, Keighley, Doncaster, Swinton and Workington all recorded victories this afternoon in Co-operative Championship 1
Jason Mossop is set to play for Workington Town, despite needing stitches in a cut near his eye.
Oldham coach Tony Benson must cope without Marcus St Hilaire (hamstring), Lucas Onyango (suspended) and John Gillam (fractured eye socket) for Sunday’s game against Gateshead,
Two Championship One players found themselves in hot water last night from the RFL Disciplinary panel.