Tries from Josh Charnely, Gareth O’Brien and Edwin Ipape noticed Leigh Leopards win the primary of the elimination play-offs within the Betfred Tremendous League; watch each match of the Tremendous League play-offs, together with the Grand Ultimate, reside on Sky Sports activities
Final Up to date: 27/09/24 10:40pm
Edwin Ipape celebrates together with his Leigh team-mates after his strive in opposition to Salford
Leigh Leopards’ fairytale run within the Betfred Tremendous League continued as they edged out hosts Salford Purple Devils 14-6 in an exciting elimination play-off conflict.
Marc Sneyd’s Twenty eighth-minute penalty aim for the Purple Devils was all that separated the edges on the break after a livid and intense first half within the first of the eliminators, which was being performed in entrance of a report crowd for a rugby league match on the AJ Bell Stadium.
However a 248th Tremendous League strive for Josh Charnley, who was later stretchered from the sector after injuring himself making a deal with, and Gareth O’Brien ending underneath the posts following Edwin Ipape’s break helped Leigh right into a lead they might not relinquish.
Papua New Guinean star Ipape’s solo rating because the clock ticked over into the ultimate quarter-hour proved sufficient to place them simply 80 minutes from a primary Grand Ultimate look, regardless of a late yellow card to Jack Hughes and unconverted strive from Ethan Ryan.
Story of the sport
It proved a well-merited win for the Leopards, who did it the exhausting approach with out influential second-row Kai O’Donnell, and having additionally been shorn of Frankie Halton within the early levels to a head damage.
Salford boss Paul Rowley benched Ryan Brierley for the primary time in two years in favour of Chris Hankinson and the alternative full-back had an preliminary effort dominated out following a trademark up-and-under by Sneyd.
Leigh posed their first actual menace on the stroke of half-time when Hankinson virtually fluffed a kick by way of from Zak Hardaker, and so they maintained their momentum after the restart by forcing successive goal-line drop-outs.
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Josh Charnley bought the opening strive of the evening for Leigh Leopards in opposition to Salford Purple Devils within the Tremendous League play-offs
The guests’ breakthrough got here moments after the hosts thought that they had repelled a interval of strain as Nene Macdonald burst 50 metres over the midway, just for play to be hauled again for an earlier knock-on.
From the ensuing scrum, Ipape burrowed shut earlier than play unfold vast to Charnley who dived acrobatically in on the nook to the delight of the hundreds of visiting followers behind the posts.
Six minutes later, Leigh prolonged their lead when a slip by Oliver Partington allowed Ipape to gallop by way of the center and feed a scrumptious lengthy go to half-back O’Brien who crossed jubilantly, with Moylan’s conversion taking his aspect’s result in eight.
Following Charnley’s worrying exit on the hour after touchdown awkwardly in a deal with on Brierley, Ipape made it three to all however ebook Leigh’s semi-final place, with Salford winger Ryan’s late strive, which went unconverted by Sneyd, too late to noticeably threaten to spoil the Leopards’ hard-earned get together.
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Gareth O’Brien went over to increase Leigh Leopards lead in opposition to Salford Purple Devils within the Tremendous League elimination play-off
What they mentioned
Leigh Leopards head coach Adrian Lam:
“I’m just so proud of them.
“The braveness we confirmed to maintain turning up – and so they may solely rating from a kick after we had been right down to 12.
“Josh Charnley is on his way to hospital. He’s in a brace and he’s on his way there.
“However he’s aware and fingers crossed he’s okay.”
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Edwin Ipape made it three tries for Leigh Leopards against Salford Red Devils to extend their lead
Leigh Leopards hooker and player of the match Edwin Ipape:
“It has been an enormous two weeks for the membership and we have had an enormous three weeks main into this sport the place if we hadn’t received as many video games as we had, we would not be within the place to win tonight.
“Credit to the boys for putting in the hard yards and I thought the boys were awesome tonight.
“I used to be simply fortunate to recover from the road and play a component on this win.”
Salford Red Devils head coach Paul Rowley:
“I am very happy with them. I believed we had the higher of the primary half and Leigh had the higher of the second half.
“I think it was a really good game – a real cup-final affair.
“Credit score to Leigh and good luck to them within the subsequent spherical.
“Over-achieving is a good year, but success to me is winning trophies.”
What’s subsequent?
Leigh Leopards now journey to both Wigan Warriors or Hull KR in subsequent week’s play-off semi-finals, pending the result of Saturday’s eliminator between Warrington Wolves and St Helens, which is reside on Sky Sports activities+ (5.30pm kick-off).
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