Josh Charnley scored his 250th and 251st Tremendous League tries as Leigh ended a six-game shedding streak in opposition to Hull KR by beating the Tremendous League leaders 28-10 at Leigh Sports activities Village.
The 34-year-old winger reached his milestone with a 67th-minute effort earlier than touching down once more within the ultimate minute in Leopards’ first win over their guests since lifting the Problem Cup in 2023.
Recent from final week’s victory over champions Wigan, Adrian Lam’s aspect jumped again into third with this six-try show.
Rovers have been properly crushed however stay high, two factors away from Wigan regardless of shedding back-to-back video games for the primary time since Could 2024.
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Leigh Leopards’ Lachlan Lam (left) scores his aspect’s fourth strive of the sport
Ethan O’Neill, Umyla Hanley, Keanan Model and Lachlan Lam additionally crossed for the house aspect, with Gareth O’Brien kicking two targets, whereas Tyrone Could and Kelepi Tanginoa replied for the Robins.
It had been an extended wait between factors for Leigh in opposition to their guests, having been whitewashed in three successive league video games since a play-off semi-final defeat in September 2023.
However that drought ended after eight minutes in Leopards’ first assault. The sport’s first penalty offered the platform and ended with O’Neill leaping highest to gather Lam’s kick and touching down in entrance of Rovers’ followers.
Rovers’ determination to play Danny Richardson, instead of Man of Metal Mikey Lewis, absent via head damage protocols, did not pay dividends.
Richardson was compelled off with simply 16 minutes gone, bringing Jez Litten into the motion.
4 minutes later, although, Rovers levelled when Could jinked via a niche within the line of defense for Arthur Mourge, Tremendous League’s high factors scorer, to degree.
The Robins threatened a second strive as Mourge and James Batchelor went shut whereas Tanginoa’s effort was disallowed for offside. Leigh recovered and capitalised on particular person errors to register two tries in six minutes. Centre Hanley dotted down after 26 minutes as reverse quantity Jack Broadbent missed his one-on-one deal with.
When Joe Burgess did not cleanly collect O’Brien’s kick, Model collected the free ball and stretched out to attain. O’Brien missed each conversion makes an attempt however Leigh led 14-6 on the break.
Tanginoa minimize the deficit with a Forty eighth-minute rating as Bailey Hodgson’s uncommon dealing with error introduced the prospect.
However that is the place the comeback ended as Lam completed off a superb break from bulldozing centre Tesi Niu after 50 minutes.
Charnley’s landmark attempt to final-minute effort sealed the factors and confirmed Leopards as real Grand Closing contenders.
Tremendous League Spherical 18 Outcomes and Fixtures (all reside on Sky Sports activities)
Thursday July 10
Friday July 11
Saturday July 12
6pm: Catalans Dragons vs Warrington Wolves
Sunday July 13
3pm: Salford Pink Devils vs Castleford Tigers
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