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09 August 2021
Both teams went home with a point each in this pulsating end to end game which Swinton almost stole at the end.
Oldham made the brighter start and Dan Abram almost got Danny Bridge over on the first attack, but the ball went to ground. They then lost Liam Kirk to a head injury who didn’t return to the field and likewise the Lions lost Owen Buckley who appeared to catch a stray boot in the tackle.
Oldham started to turn the screw as the half wore on and some poor tackling allowed Tyler Dupree to break the line and score under the posts with Dan Abram converting which was quickly followed by Bridge going over but this was brought back for a forward pass.
The Lions had a glorious chance on twenty-six minutes but a final pass to Mike Butt failed to find the flyer and the ball went into touch. Within a minute Oldham scored again when Dupree broke tackles again to score by the posts and Abram converted. It was the Lions who made the stronger finish to the half forcing a goal line drop out and some handling errors, but they could not capitalise.
It was a bad start to the second half for the Lions when they lost Jack Hansen to a back injury in the first minute and he did not return so the team had to re-shuffle. This seemed to work instantly, and it was Martyn Ridyard who sent out a lovely short pass that Lewis Hatton came on too nicely to score under the posts with Ridyard converting. However, from the restart Oldham forced the Lions into a goal line drop out and Lloyd Roby finished off a nice move to score in the left corner, but Abram missed the conversion.
The Lions were not for lying down and Hatton went over for a second on fifty-three minutes after a nice pass from Sam Brooks and this time Nick Gregson converted. Within nine minutes Swinton were in the lead when Ridyard, Will Hope and Mitch Cox all combined to send Butt in at the corner and Ridyard added a superb kick from the touchline.
Dupree was held up by the Lions defence fourteen minutes from time and from the close play the ball Lewis Charnock put in a short kick to the line and James Barran won the race to score to the right of the posts with Abram converting to give Oldham back the lead.
Again it was the Lions who came alive in the final ten minutes and they had a few chances on the line before Dupree was sent to the sin-bin for a shoulder charge. With four minutes to go and from the penalty pressure the Lions threw the ball around and it was Ridyard and Rhodri Lloyd who combined to send part time winger Deane Meadows over on the right to level the scores but the conversion from Ridyard just sailed to the right of the posts. It was all down to the last minute and Oldham had a glorious chance to snatch the game in the dying seconds but the drop goal attempt from Barran sailed wide.
LIONS
22 Geronimo Doyle
37 Owen Buckley
3 Mitch Cox
11 Rhodri Lloyd
1 Mike Butt
6 Martyn Ridyard
7 Jack Hansen
16 Paddy Jones
9 Luke Waterworth
10 Lewis Hatton
12 Nick Gregson
15 Louis Brogan
13 Will Hope
Subs (all used)
8 Sam Brooks
40 Ronan Michael
24 Paul Nash
19 Deane Meadows
Tries: Hatton (44,53), Butt (21), Meadows (38)
Goals: Ridyard 2/3 Gregson 1/1
OLDHAM
1 Dan Abram
2 Tommy Brierley
28 Joe Hartley
24 Max Roberts
5 Ryan Ince
6 Lewis Charnock
26 James Barron
16 Tyler Dupree
33 Jamie Abram
17 Liam Kirk
11 Danny Langtree
21 Shaun Pick
25 Danny Bridge
Subs (all used)
29 Lloyd Roby
13 Martyn Reilly
12 Liam Bent
15 Luke Nelmes
Tries: Dupree (19,27), Roby (48), Barran (67)
Goals: D.Abram ¾
