Lewis Tierney scored for Leigh. Pic: SWpix.com LEIGH fell away in the last 20 minutes to slump to a 44-6 defeat at home to Huddersfield Giants which keeps them anchored to the foot of the table. Leigh took the lead, but Giants went on to score seven tries without reply to run out resounding winners in front of a crowd of 2,008 at the Leigh Sports Village. As in most of their matches in their first season back in the top flight, the Centurions showed plenty of fight and were in the contest for long periods but the cold hard fact is they have now lost all eight matches in both competitions.
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‘NERVOUS but excited’ are head coach John Duffy’s emotions ahead of Leigh’s return to action for the first time in 12 months. Centurions take on 2020 Grand Final winners, St Helens, in Tommy Makinson’s testimonial on Saturday (kick-off 6pm). They do so with a new captain, Liam Hood, and new vice captains, Tyrone McCarthy and Joe Mellor-Leigh’s first game since losing 22-19 at Hull KR in the Challenge Cup on March 15, 2020. “The lads are just ready to have a crack at someone,” said Duffy. “And I am excited and looking forward to watching them play. “But I am nervous as well because by this stage of pre-season you have played a few behind closed doors, bodies-in-front games.
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