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BBC News
03-05-2025
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McNamara leads Leigh to victory over dad's Dragons
Betfred Super LeagueLeigh (12) 26Tries: Ipape, McNamara, O'Neill, Trout Goals: McNamara 5Catalans (14) 24Tries: Laguerre, Aispuro-Bichet, Smith, Keary Goals: Aispuro-Bichet 4 Ben McNamara's personal 14-point haul led a comeback win as Leigh Leopards beat his dad Steve's Catalans Dragons in the 2025 Magic Weekend scored a try and kicked five goals out of five after the Dragons had raced into an early lead through Matthieu Laguerre and Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet's brilliant solo Ipape and McNamara brought Leigh back to within two points at half-time and after Reimis Smith widened the margin once more, tries from Ethan O'Neill and Owen Trout, plus McNamara's perfect kicking record put Leigh in Keary, after his controversial remarks about Super League in midweek, scored a try to open up the game one more but Leigh held firm for a win that takes them second in Super to follow. Leigh: Hodgson; McIntosh, Niu, Badrock, Charnley; McNamara, Lam; Ofahengaue, Ipape, Mulhern, O'Neill, Trout, Wilde, Brogan, Davis, Aispuro-Bichet; Yaha, Laguerre, Smith, Cotric; Keary, Fages; Pangai Jr, Garcia, Bousquet, Sims, Whitehead, Da Costa, Satae, Navarrete, Liam Moore.
BBC News
19-04-2025
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Leigh hold off Warrington to go third
Betfred Super LeagueLeigh (6) 18Tries: Ipape, O'Neill, Halton Goals: O'Brien (3)Warrington (2) 14Tries: King, Ashton Goals: Sneyd (3) Leigh Leopards held off a strong fightback to beat Warrington Wolves and claim third place in Super playmaker Lachlan Lam masterminded a dominant first hour from the Leopards as tries from Edwin Ipape, Ethan O'Neill and Frankie Halton looked to have put the home side out of Wolves rallied as Toby King and Matty Ashton went over for tries to cut the lead to just four points, but Adrian Lam's team, whose defence has been key to their good form this season, held win, their third on the bounce, takes Leopards above Hull FC and on to the shoulders of leaders Hull KR and Wigan to follow Leigh Leopards: Armstrong; McIntosh, Hodgson, Brand, Charnley; O'Brien, Lam; Trout, Ipape, Mulhern, Halton, O'Neill, Pene, Tuitavake, Davis, Dufty. Thewlis, Tai, King, Ashton. Walker, Sneyd. Yates, Powell, Vaughan, Russell, Fitzgibbon, Philbin, Crowther, Musgrove, Tom Grant.
BBC News
28-03-2025
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Impressive Trinity score seven tries to beat Leigh
Betfred Super LeagueLeigh (10) 14Tries: Hanley, Brand, Halton Goals: O'BrienWakefield (18) 40Tries: Russell 2, McMeeken 2, Johnstone 2, Hood Goals: Lino 6 Wakefield Trinity put in an impressive performance as they put seven tries past Leigh Leopards to register a third Super League win of the Russell and Mike McMeeken motored the visitors into the lead but Umyla Hanley did well to find the space to get Leigh on the board in Brand went over for Leigh's second and McMeeken scored his second just before the break, but Tom Johnstone put Wakefield out of sight after the restart when he ran in from long range after an Halton went in to give Leigh hope after Liam Hood had further padded out Wakefield's lead, but Johnstone's second cross-field run-in of the night and Russell's cheeky late dot down sealed a stunning win for the to follow. Leigh: Armstrong; Hodgson, Niu, Hanley, Brand; O'Brien, Lam; Trout, Dwyer, Hughes, Halton, O'Neill, Brogan, Tuitavake, Davis, Rourke; Russell, Scott, Pratt, Johnstone; Lino, Russell; McMeeken, Hood, Hamlin-Uele, Griffin, Vagana, Rodwell, Cozza, Smith, Marcus Griffiths.
BBC News
28-02-2025
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Leigh punish sloppy Dragons for third straight win
Betfred Super LeagueLeigh (16) 34Tries: Hanley 3, Brand, Hughes, O'Neill Goals: O'Brien 5Catalans (0) 6Tries: Da Costa Goals: Makinson Umyla Hanley's hat-trick helped Leigh Leopards brush aside a misfiring Catalans Dragons to extend their winning start to the Super League struggled to turn pressure into points, while their clinical hosts tore into a 16-0 half-time lead as Hanley, Keanan Brand and Jack Hughes all extended the lead soon after the break and Ethan O'Neill went over for his first Leigh try as the Dragons' error count Da Costa finally got the visitors on the board, but Hanley completed his hat-trick to cap an emphatic to follow. Leigh: Hodgson, Towse, Niu, Hanley, Brand, O'Brien, Lam, Trout, Ipape, Mulhern, O'Neill, Hughes, Brogan, Tuitavake, Davis, Rouge, Makinson, Romano, Laguerre, Cotric, Keary, Smith, Navarrete, Garcia, Bousquet, Sironen, Whitehead, Sims, Da Costa, Dezaria, Dezaria (38)Referee: Jack Smith.
BBC News
23-02-2025
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Late tries help Leigh finally see off Huddersfield
Betfred Super LeagueLeigh (6) 24Tries: Brand, Armstrong, Davis, Niu Goals: O'Brien 4Huddersfield (8) 10Tries: Wilson Goals: Flanagan 3 Leigh Leopards scored two late tries to finally see off the challenge of Huddersfield Giants and make it two wins out of two at the start of the 2025 Super League error by Giants' Elliot Wallis leading to a Matt Davis try and Tesi Niu's finish in the closing stages saw Adrian Lam's side close out a hard-fought Grant had put Leigh in front early on but they trailed 8-6 at half-time after Oliver Wilson responded for the debutant George Flanagan stretched the lead to 10-6 early in the second period before David Armstrong's try shifted the momentum firmly towards Leigh, with the two late scores putting gloss on the to follow. Leigh: Armstrong, Brand, Niu, Hanley, Hodgson, O'Brien, Lam, Trout, Dwyer, Mulhern, Halton, O'Neill, Liu. Interchanges: Hughes, Tuitavake, Davis, Ipape, Gagai, Swift, Hewitt, Bibby, Wallis, Flanagan, Lolohea, Burgess, Woolford, Wilson, Greenwood, Murchie, Golding, English, Rogers, Billington, Marcus Griffiths.
