Fisher puts the boot in for Leigh victory

Fisher kept his head, and his accuracy, to land a touchline penalty in the last minute to snatch victory.

The home team missed an early penalty chance but converted a second shortly afterwards when Leigh offered too much advice to the referee.

Leigh attacked from the re-start and missed a penalty chance of their own before Fisher levelled the scores.

A defensive error almost let Anselmians in for a try but sharp defence by Harrison saved the day. Leigh conceded a second penalty however, but the earlier pattern was repeated when the forwards drove up field to be awarded a second penalty of their own and Fisher levelled the scores at half time.

With the wind at their backs in the second half Leigh were expecting to dominate, but poor distribution of ample possession continually let them down and they failed to make use of the elements.

They took the lead however when a series of short forward drives set up a position for Sutton to crash through the cover to touchdown. Fisher converted for a 13-6 lead but this was short-lived when a defensive lapse at a scrum allowed the home side to steal the ball and drive over. The successful conversion levelled the scores again.

A Wilcock-Bridge combination saw the Leigh winger just short of the line and a resulting penalty by Fisher put Leigh into the lead yet again, only for this to be cancelled out by a similar reply at the other end of the pitch.

In the final minute of the game, another strong run by Bridge produced a further penalty wide out on the touchline which Fisher converted well under great pressure.

Hooker Wood was Man of the Match with an outstanding display in attack and defence, well supported by No 8 Sutton and debutants Lester and Kearns, while Fisher was the pick of the backs for his match-winning goal kicking.

Leigh Hawks 71 Colne & Nelson 0

Leigh produced an excellent display of running rugby in awful conditions against bottom of the league.

Fly half Mark Devall came top of the pile with three excellent tries on his return from injury, closely followed by a brace from man of the match Magnall, and two for outstanding hooker Alex Cain. As Leigh looked to move the ball wide at every opportunity further tries were added by Krause, Peters, Carson and Middlehurst. Greenwood added eight conversions on a day where kicking was difficult in swirling winds.

Leigh Tofts 20 North Manchester 0

The Tofts completed a convincing win over their Manchester visitors by four tries to nil.

Flying winger Tony Briscoe opened the scoring after a fluent movement through the forwards and backs. He doubled his tally with a second pacy break which left the Manchester defence in tatters.

Centre Mark Airey notched up Leigh's third try with a typically strong run, taking several defenders with him on his way to the line. Leigh added a fourth try when scrum half Isherwood showed dazzling pace to beat the defence to a touchdown in the corner.

Porteous and Yates both had a poor day with the boot and all four tries went unconverted, two from under the posts. Hilton enjoyed his start at stand-off. Man of the Match honours were shared between the Grimshaws, father and son, for their tireless work in the Tofts pack, alongside the returning Lawrinson who had an outstanding game.

Leigh Colts 5 Aldwinians 5

Leigh contested a hard fought draw with their old rivals from East Manchester.

Leigh made their usual slow start and conceded an early score after a series of forward drives. The visitors defended well and led 5-0 at the interval having played into a strong wind.

Things looked bleak for Leigh but they played their best rugby in the second half against a strong wind. The Leigh forwards battered the line before Pugsley sent Michael Eccles over for the equaliser.

For Leigh there were outstanding forward performances from Morgan and Kendall, in a sound defensive performance from the whole side.

Wirral Junior Colts 25 Leigh 12

Having lost heavily to this strong Wirral outfit earlier in the season, the Leigh lads showed great spirit and commitment .

The first half saw Leigh play with a strong wind but they failed to capitalise and to take advantage of two penalty opportunities close to the line leaving Wirral to score two unconverted tries against the run of play.

Crompton made a powerful break from his own half and Boardman backing up, cut inside to score under the sticks. Gwilliam added the conversion to go in trailing 10-7 at the interval.

In the second half Wirral added a further representative player to strengthen their back division, culminating in two further scores. Another storming 40 yard break by Crompton ended in him being tackled short of the line, but Vernel was on hand to pickup and achieve the touch down. A further try from Wirral completed the scoring.

Other results: Leigh U15s 10, Manchester 15; Leigh U14s 37, Blackburn 5;

Warrington U12/11s 26 Leigh U11s 14; Marple U10s 0 Leigh U10s 45; Marple U9s 10 Leigh U9s 60; Marple U8s 70 Leigh U8s 70; Marple U7s 35 Leigh U7s 40; Marple U8s 0 Leigh U7s 25.