Summary

  • Leigh beat Wakefield in first Super League play-off eliminator

  • Leopards will now play Wigan in semi-finals next Friday (20:00 BST)

  • First-half tries from Brand, Liu and Charnley put Leigh in control

  • Myers and Scott respond for Wakefield either side of Tuitavake try for Leopards

  • Leigh finished third in regular season table; Wakefield sixth in first campaign after promotion

  1. Postpublished at 56 mins

    Leigh 20-4 Wakefield

    Lachlan Lam carelessly knocks on from a low delivery.

    An uncharacteristic error from the Leigh talisman.

    A Wakefield scrum follows virtually on their 10-metre mark.

  2. Postpublished at 21:23 BST

    Leigh 20-4 Wakefield

    Robbie Hunter-Paul
    Former New Zealand international on BBC Three

    There was nothing in it. Everybody runs in - it looked worse than it was.

  3. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Leigh 20-4 Wakefield

    There's a fair bit of claret pouring from the face of Tesi Niu.

    The Leigh centre clashed with Wakefield's Harvey Smith in the tackle and comes off worse.

    Cue some afters as both sets of players fly in.

    To be honest, there's not a lot in it for me.

  4. Postpublished at 50 mins

    Leigh 20-4 Wakefield

    Wakefield could do with regaining the spark that they had in the opening five minutes of the second half.

    As it happens, Leigh look more comfortable off the back of that Gaz O'Brien penalty than they did beforehand.

  5. Postpublished at 21:14 BST

    Leigh 20-4 Wakefield

    Robbie Hunter-Paul
    Former New Zealand international on BBC Three

    Just a little bit of inexperience there.

    You can get away with that, you can run that illegal play but you've got to give yourself up.

  6. PENALTY: Leigh 20-4 Wakefieldpublished at 46 mins

    Gaz O'Brien

    Leigh's Gaz O'Brien kicks a penaltyImage source, SWPix.com

    Some carelessness from Wakefield sees them concede a penalty a minute after scoring their try.

    And Gaz O'Brien maintains his 100% record with the boot to burst Wakefield's bubble.

  7. Postpublished at 21:11 BST

    Leigh 18-4 Wakefield

    Robbie Hunter-Paul
    Former New Zealand international on BBC Three

    It's taken us 43 minutes to see Wakefield Trinity put together a well-structured, practical set and on the back of it they've scored their first try of the night.

    They need to do more of it.

  8. try

    TRY: Leigh 18-4 Wakefieldpublished at 44 mins

    Jayden Myers

    Jayden Myers scores for WakefieldImage source, PA Media

    It's given!

    Jayden Myers has given Wakefield a pathway back against Leigh after it's judged that there were no issues in the build-up.

    Mason Lino diverts his kick wide of the mark but this has been a much better showing since the restart than Trinity could muster in the first half.

  9. TRY REVIEWpublished at 43 mins

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Jayden Myers is down in the corner for Wakefield but it's being sent upstairs!

    Is this Wakefield's route back into this game?

  10. Postpublished at 42 mins

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Josh Rourke, who is serving at full-back for Wakefield after Max Jowitt failed a HIA against Salford last week, is down and receiving treatment.

    Replays show that his face met with Owen Trout's head in the process of him being tackled.

    I don't think Trout meant anything by that but Wakefild are awarded a penalty simply because there was still contact with the head.

  11. Postpublished at 21:04 BST

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Robbie Hunter-Paul
    Former New Zealand international on BBC Three

    Wakefield have got a whole stand full of supporters with them.

    Those guys will be deafening and will drive you forward.

    Get a try on the board and anything can happen.

  12. SECOND HALFpublished at 40 mins

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Leigh get the second half going at the Progress With Unity Stadium.

    Once again, it's smoky from some pyrotechnics.

  13. Lewis signs new deal with Hull KRpublished at 20:59 BST
    Breaking

    HT: Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Mikey Lewis celebrates for Hull KRImage source, SWPix

    Some news to bring you at half-time in this eliminator.

    Hull KR half-back Mikey Lewis has signed a new five-year contract.

    The 24-year-old won last year's Steve Prescott Man of Steel award and is one of three nominees for this year's prize.

    The England international has scored 526 points in 129 appearances for the Robins and helped them win the Challenge Cup for the first time since 1980 in June.

    "I feel like the east side of Hull have really brought me in as one of their own. The city and the club mean everything to me," he said.

    "I want to create my own legacy here at Hull KR and win trophies with the team I've got around me.

    "I don't see why we can't do that and create our own legacy as a team."

  14. Postpublished at 20:48 BST

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Robbie Hunter-Paul
    Former New Zealand international on BBC Three

    An absolutely brilliant performance from Leigh Leopards - they've put a whole lot of pressure on Wakefield

    To win the play-offs, it's a mindset, you've got to be disciplined, you've got to take your game to another level.

    That's been a nearly perfect 40 minutes by the Leopards.

  15. Half-timepublished at 20:46 BST

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Leigh celebrate Isaac Liu's tryImage source, SWPix.com

    Well that is absolutely as dominant a half as Leigh Leopards could have hoped for.

    Wakefield are 18-0 down and look short of answers.

    The visitors defended valiantly for 25 minutes despite the scoreline, but it's all gone a bit sideways since then.

    Half-time couldn't have come at a better time for Daryl Powell's side.

  16. Postpublished at 39 mins

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Lachlan Lam concedes a penalty for that incident with Seth Nikotemo.

    To be honest, seeing the replay, I think he's quite lucky it's just a penalty. As he spins Nikotemo round, he then gives him a forearm/elbow to the face which just feels wholly unnecessary.

    He's already down, you've already made your point and you're 18-0 up, Lachlan.

  17. Postpublished at 38 mins

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    This has just been a well executed half from the Leigh Leopards, to be honest.

    Lachlan Lam goes in hard on Seth Nikotemo and there's some afters from Nikotemo's Wakefield team-mate Jayden Myers.

    Nikotemo receives treatment and clutches his shoulder.

    In a way, this probably benefits Wakefield a bit as they could clearly do with a break.

  18. Postpublished at 20:40 BST

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Robbie Hunter-Paul
    Former New Zealand international on BBC Three

    Leigh celebrate Josh Charnley's tryImage source, SWPix.com

    If Wakefield find a way to get some points on the board, the whole scope of this game becomes completely different.

    The fans in this stadium have become the 14th player on the field for Leigh, they are super-charging their players.

  19. Postpublished at 35 mins

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Jayden Myers gallops his way through a sea of Leigh players as he tries to force some magic to get Wakefield back into this game.

    But he spills the ball in the process of being tackled and the attack is neutralised.

    Almost half-time. No doubt you'd imagine Wakefield will be praying for the hooter.

  20. Postpublished at 34 mins

    Leigh 18-0 Wakefield

    Edwin Ipape puts in a speculative grubber kick into goal on the last as Leigh go for another try.

    But Josh Rourke judges it perfectly as Ipape's kick goes dead.

    Some of the tempo's been taken out of this game in the past few minutes.