Not seen the best of us yet - Roughyeds boss Littler

So far, Roughyeds have been solid in what has been a stop-start League 1 campaign, but they struggled in the battle for territory in the recent loss to Doncaster.

Oldham now have two free weekends before the club faces Cornwall at home on May 7, and head coach Stuart Littler has upped the intensity in training to get his men firing.

“Against the better teams, you’ve got to be in that grind and you’ve got to go a bit further than you usually would,” said the Roughyeds boss.

“We become a different beast once we’ve been in those battles, so we’ll increase the workload and challenge each other more in attack and defence.

“We will make the area we are working in tighter, so our skill level will have to go up a notch with the defence in your face.”

Littler is relishing the game against Cornwall next month as it kickstarts a run of 11 games back to back, and he believes his side will reap the benefits of playing consistently.

“We’ve got a big period coming up and it’s where we want to be. While the breaks are good for resting bodies, it’s not ideal for consistency or match fitness,” said Littler.

“We keep evolving and I’m quite confident that come the back end of the year, we will be a much stronger team than what has started the year – and we’ve started pretty strongly.

“Once we go week to week, we will start seeing what this group is about and we will start to see the mark of us as a team as we’re still a bit clunky, for me.”

Admission prices for the Cornwall game, which kicks off at 1pm at the Vestacare Stadium, are £16 for adults, £10 for concessions (65 and over), £5 for students and FREE for under-16s.

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Meanwhile, Oldham RLFC is looking for an assistant coach to support the head coach of the club’s newly-established women’s team.

Plans for the women’s side are moving at a pace since the club’s first training session last month.

Sessions have stepped up with players now training for starting places and the successful applicant will work alongside head coach Ste Fitzmartin to assist with training and the team selection process.

The team now trains at Clayton playing fields near Boundary Park and has been admitted into the RFL’s Development League, with the view to playing matches in the near future.

A full description for the voluntary role can be found here

Applications for the role should be emailed to: oldhamwomenrlfc@outlook.com

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