Despite fielding six more debutantes Lancashire Lynx went down to their twentieth consecutive league defeat at the hands of in-form Oldham. Once again individual errors especially in the first half contributed to Lynx's downfall but despite a much improved second half performance they left themselves to much of a mountain to climb.

After the game Lynx coach Maurice Bamford said: "In the first half Oldham went in having scored 28 points but 20 of those were gifted to them by individual errors. We also struggled to break the Oldham defensive line by playing some dumb rugby.

"However, I was pleased with the second half performance and I feel that after four games in charge the team are improving week by week." although it must be said that some of the players are still learning how to play professional rugby league and the first rule of that is not to give anything away. I should also point out that today was the first time the six new players had met their team mates."