Leigh won 34-29 at West Park, in what may be their last game, for a while, following the introduction of the newly formed Lancashire Leagues next season, which Leigh have opted not to join.

Instead, they have opted to remain in the RFU League structure, which should see them playing in either South Lancs/Cheshire Division 1 or North Lancs/Cumbria, next season. Fingers crossed it will be South Lancs/Cheshire but they could well be ‘Level transferred’ to North Lancs/Cumbria, which could involve them travelling to Cumbria, on possibly six or more occasions.

Leigh started the game in an ebullient mood and soon had five points on the board, through a Johnny Drake try, on five minutes, which came from good hands across the park, creating a mismatch down the right hand flank.

West Park immediately narrowed the deficit, on ten minutes, through a penalty and then went on to take the lead, through a converted try, following a period of sustained pressure.

This was quickly followed by another converted, breakaway try which came as a result of some very poor Leigh tackling, in the sixteenth minute.

Leigh rallied and came back with a try by Glenn Stephens, which was brilliantly created by the silky skills of Rob Drake, who cut the West Park defence to bits with a scything run, to find Glenn on his shoulder.

West Park countered this with another converted try of their own, on thirty three minutes but Leigh were not going to lie down and soon got prop, Phil Summers, over for an unconverted try, wide out on the right.

A quick tap penalty from Osian Griffiths caught West Park napping just before the break and his clever pass found Calvin Crompton, for him to crash over near the corner flag, to take the sides off with West Park leading by twenty four points to twenty, at the halfway point.

West Park came out firing from the restart and they soon added another five points when they went over from a fine break down the middle of the park.

The next twenty minutes became a nip and tuck affair with both sides trying to play some rugby but being let down, on several occasions, by either some poor decision making or poor handling.

However, good hands by Leigh, in the sixty fifth minute, broke the stalemate and Ollie Shepherd was able to force his way over in the corner, for a well taken try, which was very well converted, from wide out, by Rob Drake to set up a very tense last fifteen minutes.

Both sides gave it their all in this final period but it was Leigh who were to emerge victorious in the end, when good hands, again along the back line, finally got the ball out to Andrew Groves and Ollie Shepherd who finally found Marcus Morris-Williams, on his shoulder, to gallop over for the winning try, which was again brilliantly converted by Rob Drake, to take the sides off at the Final Whistle with the score at West Park 29 Leigh 34.

Leigh entertain second placed Liverpool St Helens at Hand Lane, K.O. 3 p.m.