Super League: Leigh Centurions 30-36 Catalans Dragons - Visitors move top with win
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Catalans go top of Super League after St Helens and Wigan's games this weekend were postponed due to positive Covid-19 cases in their opponents' camps
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Leigh (18) 30 |
Tries: Reynolds, Elliot, Gee, Hellewell, Brierley Goals: Brierley 5 |
Catalans (12) 36 |
Tries: Drinkwater, Maloney, Langi, Davies, Jullien, Mourgue Goals: Maloney 6 |
Catalans Dragons moved top of Super League after coming from behind to beat winless Leigh Centurions.
Ben Reynolds ran in first for Leigh but Josh Drinkwater levelled the scores.
Leigh intercepted again to lead, this time through Brendan Elliot and went further ahead thanks to Matty Gee.
James Maloney, Samisoni Langi, Tom Davies, Benjamin Jullien and Arthur Mourgue inspired the fightback but Ben Hellewell and Ryan Brierley set up a tense finale as the hosts fought back.
Victory for Catalans means they overtake Wigan, who drop to third, and leaders at the start of the round, St Helens.
Saints and Wigan both had their matches on Friday called off because of positive Covid-19 cases in their opponents' camps and, despite a scare from Leigh, Catalans knew that victory would be good enough to go top.
Leigh came into the game off the back of a horrendous run of form but Reynolds looked to inspire the hosts for a first victory of the campaign when he intercepted Maloney's attempted offload.
He did well to keep the pace to run from almost the length of the field before touching down in the corner under pressure from Catalans racing back to their own try-line.
Drinkwater's try against his former club looked to quell some early Catalans nerves but the visitors were made to pay again as Elliot swiftly picked up a loose ball and ran in inside 15 metres to give Leigh an 18-12 half-time lead.
But a fine second-half performance from the visitors capped off a sensational turnaround as they clinched an inspiring win against a Leigh side who have now lost all 10 of their Super League games this season.
Leigh: Brierley, Tierney, Thornley, Sa'u, Elliot, Mellor, Reynolds, McCarthy, Hood, Ioane, Gee, Hellewell, Bell.
Interchanges: Wildie, Peteru, Mason, Peats.
Catalans: Tomkins, Yaha, Langi, Whare, Davies, Drinkwater, Maloney, Bousquet, McIlorum, Goudemand, Jullien, McMeeken, Garcia.
Interchanges: Baitieri, Mourgue, Seguier, Belmas.
Referee: T. Grant.