Matchday Live: Leigh v Batley
We are providing live coverage from the Leigh Sports Village on the Championship clash between Leigh Centurions and Batley Bulldogs.
Neil Jukes made three changes to his Leigh side that lost to Toronto Wolfpack last week. Craig Hall, Kyle Lovett and Dan Mortimer dropped out and were replaced by Ilias Bergal, Kevin Larroyer and Kurt Baptiste.
Batley coach Matt Diskin handed a competitive debut to Lewis Galbraith while Dom Brambani and Pat Walker started in the halves.
Leigh: 19 Owens; 2 Dawson-Jones, 3 Crooks, 4 Mata’utia, 25 Bergal; 6 Reynolds, 7 Hutchison; 8 Vaivai, 14 Hood, 18 Mason; 11 Larroyer, 12 B Thompson, 15 J Thompson. Subs: 27. Baptiste, 10 Acton, 13 Hansen, 16 Patrick.
Batley: 1 Scott; 2 Reittie, 3 Crookes, 4 Galbraith, 5 Ainscough; 6 Walker, 7 Brambani; 8 Gledhill, 9 Leak, 10 Rowe; 11 Manning, 12 Harrison; 13 Brown. Subs: 14 Davey, 15 Day, 16 Holland, 17 Ward.
KICK OFF
We are underway at a bitter cold Leigh Sports Village. #RugbyLeague
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7' TRY! ?⚪️
Leigh open the scoring through a 50 metre break from Ben Crooks. Bodene Thompson with the assist. Ben Reynolds converts.
Leigh 6-0 Batley#rugbyleague
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20' TRY! ?⚪️
Nathan Mason goes on a storming drive to score from just a couple of yards out for the Centurions. Ben Reynolds adds the extras.
Leigh 12-0 Batley#rugbyleague
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30' TRY! ?⚪️
Ben Crooks gets his second of the game as he goes through a gap in the Bulldogs defence out wide. Ben Reynolds adds the conversion.
Leigh 18-0 Batley#rugbyleague
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39' TRY! ??
Batley pull one back on the verge of the half-time hooter sounding as Alex Rowe charges over the line from close. Pat Walker converts.
Leigh 18-6 Batley#rugbyleague
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HALF TIME SCORES
Leigh Centurions 18-6 Batley Bulldogs
Barrow Raiders 2-4 Toronto Wolfpack
Dewsbury Rams 0-6 London Broncos
Featherstone Rovers 8-10 Toulouse Olympique
Halifax 12-6 Sheffield Eagles
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SECOND HALF
We are back underway at Leigh Sports Village! #rugbyleague
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50' TRY! ?⚪️
A lovely passing move from Leigh sees Kevin Larroyer score his first try in a competitive game for the club. Reynolds' conversion attempt goes wide.
Leigh 22-6 Batley#rugbyleague
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55' TRY! ?⚪️
Batley struggling to cope with Leigh's attacking threat at the minute. The Centurions pass it along the line to Matty Dawson-Jones who finishes well in the corner. Ben Reynolds adds the additional points.
Leigh 28-6 Batley#rugbyleague
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65' TRY! ?⚪️
Leigh score another as Drew Hutchison makes a break and assists the supporting Jamie Acton. Ben Reynolds adds the conversion.
Leigh 34-6 Batley#rugbyleague
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Full time scores from today’s games:
Leigh Centurions 34-6 Batley Bulldogs
Barrow Raiders 8-8 Toronto Wolfpack
Dewsbury Rams 0-12 London Broncos
Featherstone Rovers 36-18 Toulouse Olympique
Halifax 30-10 Sheffield Eagles
Castleford Tigers 13-12 Widnes Vikings#RugbyLeague pic.twitter.com/S4d4lcVMth— Love Rugby League (@loverugbyleague) February 11, 2018
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