A SUPERB opening 20 minutes from Lancashire Lynx may have given the fans hope -- but the floodgates soon opened and the home side received its now traditional weekly thrashing -- this time 50-14 at the hands of Leigh Centurions.

Lynx amazingly held a 14-0 lead at Hilton Park, home to ambitious Leigh, before they faltered and Leigh led 20-14 at half time.

After the interval, the Centurions stepped up a gear and battered the visitors with three tries in six minutes before Lynx showed some resolute defending, allowing only two more tries past them in the final half hour.