Leigh Crush Tigers To Go Third In Super League

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Leigh (24) 46

Tries: Halton, Lam, Brand 2, Charnley, Tuitavake 2, Dwyer Goals: O'Brien 7

Castleford (0) 6

Tries: Hoy Goals: Asi

Leigh Leopards roseate to 3rd successful nan Super League and inflicted a 5th consecutive conclusion connected Castleford Tigers.

Tries from Frankie Halton, Lachlan Lam, Keanan Brand and Josh Charnley meant nan hosts were retired of show by nan 26th infinitesimal pinch a 24-0 lead.

Castleford, who are being led by interim coach Chris Chester earlier Ryan Carr takes complete connected a imperishable ground for 2026, stay 2nd from bottommost of nan array aft their 19th convention conclusion of nan season.

Helped by resting players successful their 38-6 triumph complete bottommost broadside Salford six days earlier, Leigh took a fourth-minute lead erstwhile nan restored Halton collected Lam's walk aft Brand narrowly grounded to score.

That group nan reside for a ascendant display, Leigh looking sharper successful each section than opponents beaten 38-4 astatine Catalans Dragons connected Saturday, and scoring again erstwhile Isaac Liu's productive activity group up Lam, who dummied a walk to Brand and hit Louis Senior to transverse nan line.

Papua New Guinea world Lam profited connected nan correct again 5 minutes later, combining slickly pinch Umyla Hanley to group up Brand to decorativeness nan move successful composed fashion, Gareth O'Brien adding much points from an unpromising angle.

After a deft 40/20 footwear by Lam, Charnley scored connected nan near to return nan wing's profession full to 1,500 points, including 244 during his three-year spell pinch nan Leopards and 862 for Wigan Warriors betwixt 2010 and 2016.

O'Brien again embellished nan scoreline from an awesome distance, proving caput coach Adrian Lam's prediction correct astir his returning players being acold amended for a break.

Hooker Edwin Ipape, who has been 1 of those players building their fitness, joined Liu successful dictating play, while Castleford were hampered by losing prop guardant Tom Amone to a twisted ankle early on.

The 2nd half started successful quieter fashion, pinch Leigh making noticeably much unforced errors, including 2 soon aft nan break by Jack Hughes.

Halton almost ended a 26-minute spread betwixt nan 4th and 5th tries but seconds later Lam played successful Alec Tuitavake to burst done astatine adjacent scope and put Leigh firmly connected people for their largest-ever triumph successful this fixture, eclipsing their 30-6 location triumph successful 2023.

Tuitavake's effort seemed to deflate nan Tigers, who conceded again 5 minutes later aft a reappraisal disagreed pinch Castleford's appeals that scorer Brad Dwyer had been offside erstwhile nan move began.

Cain Robb could not extremity Tuitavake powering past him from 10 yards for his 2nd 2 minutes later, though Castleford swiftly scored a consolation done Tex Moy pursuing Liam Horne's driving run.

Hanley replied successful kind, surging done earlier Lam supplied different clever walk for Brand's 2nd effort connected nan right.

Leigh's 4th successive triumph successful this fixture strengthens their pursuit for a first-ever top-four finish, and location advantage successful nan play-offs, though Lam mightiness beryllium concerned astir nan absence of nan influential Owen Trout done injury.

Castleford person now mislaid their past 5 distant games and person conceded 224 points crossed their past 5 games.

Leigh: Hodgson, Brand, Niu, Hanley, Charnley, O'Brien, Lam, Pene, Ipape, Mulhern, Halton, Badrock, Liu

Interchanges: Hughes, Tuitavake, Davis, Dwyer

Castleford: Hoy, Lindsey, Mellor, Senior, Wallis, Asi, Atkin, Singleton, Horne, Amone, Simbiken, Stimson, Lawler

Interchanges: Westerman, Robb, Hall, Mustapha

Referee: Liam Moore.