Oldham 28 Hunslet Warriors 16: Cunningham sparkles for gutsy Warriors

The amateur Warriors from NCL Division Two gave Oldham the fright of their lives in a hard-fought tie at Whitebank.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Mar 2011, 11:09 BST

Mark Cunningham’s second try midway through the second half levelled the scores at 16-16 when a major upset looked on.

His winger Aaron Niles had stunned Oldham with an interception try and Cunningham added the first of his pair on the stroke of half-time as Warriors trailed 16-10 at the interval.

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Chris Clarke, Matthew Fogarty, Mark Brocklehurst, Neil Roden and Ben Wood scored Oldham tries and Mick Diveney converted three of them and also kicked a penalty.

Gary McClelland failed to convert Niles’s try, but improved both Cunningham scores, the second one from the touchline to haul his side level at 16-16.

Oldham: Heaton; Fogarty, St Hilaire, Bradbury, Brocklehurst; N Roden, Diveney; Boults, M Roden, Sutton, Wood, Noone, Clarke. Substitutes: Clough, Bentley, Ellison, Wood-Hulme.

Hunslet Warriors: McClelland; Hartley, Swift, Cunningham, Niles; Lyons, Baker; Sebine, Pratt, Dawson, Angus, Medhi, Bravo. Substitutes: Holmes, Featherstone, Gale, Milner.

Referee: C Leatherbarrow (RFL)

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