Wolves edge out improved Leopards
Wolves edge out improved Leopards
STEPHEN IBBETSON Halliwell Jones Stadium, Saturday
Cai Taylor-Wray races past Adam Cook and Lachlan Lam
WARRINGTON overcame a vastly improved challenge from Leigh to move within 80 minutes of a third successive Wembley appearance.
The Leopards were thrashed 42-6on the same turf seven days earlier in Super League but were a different side this time, literally with four senior players returning.
They led 10-6 heading into the final quarter of an hour, having kept Warrington and their own returning star Cai Taylor-Wray under wraps, but they faded badly at the end with Ben Currie’s double seeing the Wolves through after a key Toby King try.
It was clear from the start that Leigh, with hooker Edwin Ipape, forward Jack Hughes and centres Tesi Niu and Umyla Hanley all back, would be a different proposition.