Leigh qualified for the knock-out stages of the Northern Rail Cup last night after an eight try victory over Dewsbury Rams and a 44-22 success.
The Rams were much changed from the team that travelled to the South of France to open the Championship season on Sunday and although they took the lead through Stewart Sanderson, Leigh looked the better side.
Impressive for Leigh were dual contract players Tyrone McCarthy and Jacob Emmitt while Robbie Paul was excellent value as the pivot of the side, linking the work of John Duffy for 51 minutes before doing likewise for Dave McConnell. Paul ducked, bobbed and weaved the magic all evening and looked completely at ease in his surroundings. He was also able to lay on at least three tries and played a hand in a couple of others.
This wasn't just the John and Paul show and there wasn't a George or Ringo either! There was however David Armitstead who to be fair, a lot of Leigh fans have split opinions about. Since his move up to prop, David has been good value yet last night was perhaps his crowning glory. He made a succession of half breaks and ws often found supporting a colleague, also his awareness brought about several offloads and he laid on a try that Duffy finished with aplomb under the posts. Another plus point to Armitstead's game was his crowning try in the last minute, meaning that David has finally opened his try account for the club after 25 games. Let's hope it doesn't take him another 25 games to get his second try!
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