Sunday, 14 February 2010

RL Comment: No Longer Fly-fishing - Hartley makes his mark at Leigh

It has been a slow start at Leigh for Tim Hartley. He joined the club last October following two seasons at Widnes and despite showing glimpses of talent against Oldham and perhaps less against York, Leigh fans were not really sure what to make of the man Ian Millward suggested would play stand-off, until today.

His performance against Featherstone Rovers points to better times ahead. Not only was his kicking for territory much improved, he created the second Leigh try with good pass selection to MacGraff Leuluai, then followed this up with a towering crossfield kick that Steve Maden successfully contested and Dave Alstead crossed by the flag.

In the second half he fashioned a couple of half breaks for Tommy Goulden and combined superbly with Mick Nanyn for the juggernaut centre to claim two tries.

Leigh scored six tries against Featherstone with Hartley having direct input to four of them in a very good performance. His goal-kicking too was exemplary. He kicked six goals from six attempts including four in wide positions.

Keep it up Tim and no longer will people attach the name Hartley to a TV advert that mentions fishing from the 1980s!

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