Turley bags 38 points as Leigh ravage Lions
LEIGH CENTURIONS 62 SWINTON LIONS 6
BY DAVE PARKINSON
Neil Turley equaled the club points in a game record held by John Woods (twice) with a master class of support play and nine goals at the Coliseum this afternoon. The Centurion full-back, four games into his comeback from a niggling back complaint opened the scoring with a try of his own making off a tap penalty in the eleventh minute.
Moments later typical tracking down the middle produced another try beneath the posts. Skipper Adam Bristow followed him over the line before a period of sloppy play created a rise in the error count. This culminatied in a Swinton try by former Leeds centre Phil Hassan.
Two minutes from the break club captain Dave Bradbury forced his way through a static defensive line and the Centurions led 20-6.
Swinton held firm until the 47th minute when Turley grabbed his hat-trick but more was to follow as the Centurions added four tries in a mesmerising 10 minute purple patch. Paul Rowley, Bristow, Sean Richardson and Damian Munro all crossed to finish high speed moves.
The final word was with Turley however, and tries after 68 and 78 minutes plus some solid goal-kicking led him to equal the records set on September 11th 1977 and 12th January 1992 by club legend John Woods.
Attendance: 2,026
Team: Turley, Rivett, Munro, Cardoza, Alstead; Weisner, Duffy; Ball, Rowley, Henare, Richardson, Bristow, Swann; Holdstock, Andrews, Sanderson, Bradbury.
Tries: Turley (5), Bristow (2), Bradbury, Rowley, Richardson, Munro.
Goals: Turley 9/11.
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