Chorley Lynx 10 Leigh Centurions 78 by Mike Hulme

SCORING sensation Neil Turley wrote another record-breaking chapter in Leigh's history with a personal haul of 42 points in another landslide Centurions' victory.

Full-back Turley passed the previous club individual record of 38 points in a match held by John Woods when he scored his fifth try in injury time to add to his 11 goals.

Turley equalled Woods' record against the same opposition two years ago - the same season he set a world record 56 tries for a full-back.

Poor Chorley simply didn't know what had hit them as Leigh chalked up a seventh successive win in the Arriva Trains qualifying group.

Ironically it came almost exactly a year to the day when current Leigh boss Darren Abram, then coach of Chorley, masterminded a shock win over the Centurions in the same competition.

A repeat never looked on the cards as Leigh scored at almost a point a minute in a one-sided contest.

Leigh simply had too many big guns. Half backs John Duffy and Tommy Martyn dominated the game in midfield and Leigh finished clinically whenever they got the right field position.

Martyn set the ball rolling with a fourth minute try and he was quickly followed over the line by skipper Ian Knott. Once the floodgates opened there was no stopping Leigh and by half time they were out of sight at 38-4 with further tries from Turley (2), Isherwood, Halliwell and Percival. Chorley's only first half response was a try in the corner from Gary O'Regan.

The one-way pattern continued in the second half even though Chorley drew first blood with a Jamie Stenhouse try and Neil Alexander goal.

Isherwood, Halliwell and Turley scored again to lift Leigh beyond 50 points before Martyn return to the action to sell an outrageous dummy to score his second.

As the clock ticked down and Turley neared the record, Leigh worked overtime to give him the points he needed. A 76th minute try and goal brought him level and, after two attempted drop goals, Radney Bowker finally came up with the killer pass that saw Turley race away to the corner for his record-breaker.