Too Good For Tarleton

Last season Leigh and Tarleton were two leagues apart, Leigh's demotion to North Lancs/Cumbria and Tarleton's promotion put them on the same playing field for the first time in history.

Leigh kicked off and were 14 points to the good in the first four minutes, the first one by Jimmy Wilkinson on two minutes, followed by Olly Sheperd on four minutes both converted by Rob Drake.
A spirited fight back saw Leigh on the wrong end of a driving maul, with the visitors being the first team to cross Leigh's line in 180 minutes of rugby.
Leigh hit back within 3 minutes with Ross Shepherd bursting through the defence for a converted try,
Moving the ball at speed along the Leigh backs gave Olly Shepherd the chance to show his creative skills when his inside pass allowed Robbo to score under the posts - Drake converting.
With Leigh well on top in all departments and Tarleton giving the Leigh backs space to work in more tries were in the offing.
Olly Shepherd added two more to complete his hat trick and on the 39th minute, the inform Jimmy Wilkinson raced in for his second try making the half time score 43 - 7.

Two minutes into the second half a try by winger Keiron Duffy followed by Robbo's second try five minutes later, both converted again by Rob Drake

Credit must be given to the visitors for their never say die attitude and despite limited possession endeavored to play attractive and open rugby. Ethan Gornall, using his immense strength and bulk scattered the Tarleton defence for an excellent converted try. Two more tries from Jimmy Wilkinson, one, a beautifully executed try engineered by Rob Drake and another one highlighted his individual skill took his match tally to four.
In the 79th minute substitute Andy Newton ended what was a torrid 80 minutes for the visitors bursting through for Leigh's 13th and last try.

Final Score 83 - 7.