TYLDESLEY RU went down at league leaders Oldham 20-3.

Despite making all the early running and taking a fourth minutelead through Eddie Wallbank's penalty, they could not breach a tough defensive line.

Scrum-half Lee Cunliffe was full of determination, leading from the front, but a combination of good tackling and unforced errors brought no reward.

The 2nds won 14-7 at Widnes, the tries from Craig Pulman and Steve Parr, both converted by Ian Worsfold.

The 3rds scored a 29-5 against Chorley with a fine team performance. In the forwards Richard Callow and Steve Pulman were outstanding with Mark Dickinson and Mark Quinn tops in the backs. Serge Swanton ran in a hat-trick of tries and landed a 26-yard drop for the MoM award; Quinn added another try with Peter Mannion kicking three conversions.

LEIGH RU's Saturday match in Cumbria was called off because of flooding in Cumbria.

This weekend the club faces games against Egremont, Oldershaw and Deeside.

1st XV (Egremont, A): M Hudspith; R Fletcher, S Lee, P Lee, J Bridge; R Bullough, C Marsh; C Cooney, S Young, T Westwell, P Hewitt, N Aspinall (c), C Travers, C Whittle, C Hampson. Subs: S Davies, J Cabero, A Westwell.

A Team (Oldershaw, H): From I Westwell (c), I Wright, M Downs, M Parker, C Hall, K McKenna, J Hutchinson, P Whitworth, M Prescott, C Leonard, C Innes, P Deakin, D Penn, S Wood, P Clarke, T Cartwright, S Browning.

Extra A (Oldershaw, A): G Lloyd, R Vernell, R Lawson, J Will, S Harper, S Hollingsworth, L Schroeder, N Greenwood, N Hutchinson, G Erskin, S Middlehurst, B Wright, D Penn, R Davies, M Hilton, S Harrison, J Krause, P Devall.

Tofts (Deeside, A): From J Porteous, D Leake, P Appleton, G Egerton, G Norman, J Mills, B Yates, G Miller, S Riley, J Ramsell, G Butler, R Isherwood, I Buckingham, G Green, G Vickers, M Warburton, I Smith, P Nugent, D Lecc, G Grimshaw.

Vets (Deeside, H): From C Seymour, M Dainty, S Jones, T Sutton, S Culshaw, D Woods, D Phillips, T Trumble, J Gould, A Thompson, S Marsden, C Boardman, J Bibby, S Owen, S Ranson, P Bailey, S Monaghan.

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