Impressive Oldham sink Tyldesley

Oldham's Nick Hackman is on the charge

Oldham RUFC were in good nick as they triumphed 38-19 at Tyldesley in bitterly cold conditions.

Phil Conroy scored in the corner early on to open up a 5-0 lead.

The moment of the match followed shortly afterwards when the Tyldesley full back put in a huge clearance kick from his own 22, only to see it land in the arms of Alex Jobson.

He has some gas and immediately realised that the Tyldesley chase and structure was disorganised.

That was an open goal and he danced past isolated defenders, drew the last man and gave Ryan Arundale a free run in beneath the posts.

Jobson’s conversion made the half-time score 12-0.

Oldham flew out of the blocks at the beginning of the second half and ran in four tries in the first 15 minutes, two converted by Jobson, to open up a decisive 38-0 lead.

Ryan Pickles, James Perks, Jobson and Arundale went over for tries during a superb spell.

So, 38-0 in the lead with 20 minutes to go would feel like job done.

But of course, this is Oldham and all of a sudden something changed in the air at Tyldesley.

Oldham were twice reduced to 13 men during the last quarter, and at one point to 12, as they received five cards for offences that hitherto hadn’t warranted a yellow card.

Tyldesley took full advantage of their superior numbers and scored three tries, converting two to make the final score 38-19.

For 60 minutes at least, supporters witnessed an almost perfect Oldham performance.

The scrum was dominant with Jack Sayle, Dean McEwan and Rhys Jones going forward all afternoon.

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