Grant double in vain as Dewsbury defeated

Oldham raced into the lead when Tom Ashton raced over on the left. Dale Morton had a try ruled out for offside before Oldham grabbed a second via Gareth Owen, Lewis Palfrey converting.

Dalton Grant was sin-binned for an alleged trip and Danny Langtree raced over with Palfry – who also kicked a penalty – converting, as he did Langtree’s interception try.

Dewsbury’s Ryan Wright charged down a kick but as Joel Farrell appeared certain to score, he was pulled back by Richard Lepori, who was sin-binned.

Dewsbury attempted to launch a fightback at the start of the second half when Dalton Grant pounced when Oldham knocked on Reynolds’s up and under. Reynolds converted.

But Oldham responded with a Michael Ward try, which Palfrey converted. Grant was on the end of a sweeping move to grab his second try out wide before any Dewsbury hopes were ended in the space of 60 seconds.

Nathan Conroy was sin-binned and on the back of a penalty Owen crashed over for his second try. As the Rams lined up for Palfrey’s conversion, Reynolds was sin-binned for speaking out of turn and Dewsbury were down to 11 men.

Adam Clay grabbed Oldham’s seventh try before Jack Teanby grabbed a consolation Rams try which Paul Sykes converted.

Oldham: Lepori, Clay, Ashton, Bibby, Holmes, Palfrey, Grimshaw, Joy, Owen, Spencer, Langtree, Hope, Thompson. Substitutes: Gee, Ward, Hughes, Crowley.

Dewsbury: Guzdek, Morton, Sykes, Crookes, Grant, Reynolds, Kain, Groat, Conroy, T. Adamson, Trout, Grady, L. Adamson. Substitutes: Wright, Teanby, Tonks, Farrell.

Referee: J Cobb (RFL).