LEIGH CENTURIONS 7, WARRINGTON WOLVES 42: A burst of three tries immediately after half-time gave Warrington the jump start they needed to reclaim third spot in the engage Super League table.

After being on the wrong end of a 7-4 half time scoreline, thanks to a Leigh display which showed plenty of courage but lacking in killer instinct, the Wolves imposed their quality on the game in the second half.

Brent Grose's 42nd minute try got the ball rolling before two quickfire follow-ups from Henry Fa'afili emphasised the visitors' superiority. From there on it was all one-way traffic as the Wolves eventually ran in eight tries.

Despite his side's wide margin of victory, Wolves' coach Paul Cullen was full of praise for Leigh. "Due credit should be given to Leigh," he said. "Our biggest job was to counter the emotion this game created. Once we'd come to terms with that, we were home and dry."

With seven ex-Warrington players in their ranks, Leigh had a super opening 40 minutes but their only reward was a Craig Stapleton try and a Neil Turley goal and field goal which wiped out Warrington's second minute try from Ben Westwood.

But it was never going to be enough for Leigh and coach Darren Abram admitted later: "It was very frustrating to play like world champions in the first half and then like a bottom of the table amateur team in the second."

Leigh's battling spirit was symbolised by Neil Turley who started despite a badly broken nose. Dom Feaunati, Phil Jones and Ben Cooper all failed late fitness tests and Leigh's injury plight was worsened at half time when they lost winger Rob Smyth with suspected broken ribs.

As Leigh fell away badly after the three try salvo from the Wolves, it quickly became a simple matter of how many.

Nathan Wood added a try which Bridge converted and then Bridge and Graham Appo added further tries to emphasise the gulf in class.