LEIGH Miners rotten run at The Willows in the summer era continued on Saturday afternoon when they went down 25-18 against 12-man Hull Dockers on a wet and slippery day on Humberside.

The Miners being poor again on the road in the league and could probably still be playing now and not be winning, whilst Dockers fully deserved their win, especially after being reduced to 12 men in the first half.

The home side opened the scoring after about a minute when Chris Stephenson slotted over a penalty goal to make it 2-0.

They continued to have the better of the opening exchanges but where unable to turn their pressure into points.

After making a sluggish start, Miners started to get going and their cause was boosted when Dockers loose forward Craig Render was sent off for punching following a minor scuffle.

Connor Partington put Miners in front soon after the sending off when he powered his way over on the right.

But that was as good as it got for Miners in the first half as they were starved of possession in the final 10 minutes and three tries from Chris Stephenson, Jonny Long and Rich Lamplough before the break put the hosts 16-4 up at the break.

Things got worse at the start of the second half for Miners when they conceded a fourth try, Danny Ulyatt going over with Stephenson converting to make it 22-6. Stephenson extended their lead to 20 points just after the hour when he slotted over a penalty goal.

The visitors then took control scoring three tries in eight minutes.

The first coming on 65 minutes when winger Gareth Paine went over in the corner, Paine added a second not long after his first and that was quickly followed by a second try of the game for centre Connor Partington to make the score 24-18.

Any hopes of a Miners comeback where ended with just short of five minutes remaining, Dockers hooker Craig Cook slotting over a drop goal from close range to give the final score 25-18.

The Alliance team had a walkover win against Halton Farnworth whilst the under-18s recorded a famous Lancashire Cup win over Rochdale Mayfield, reversing a heavy league defeat of a few weeks previous, to reach the Lancashire Cup final.

This Saturday the first team host East Leeds, 2.30pm