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Jarrod Sammut’s first game as a Leigh Centurions player could well be against his former club Wigan Warriors after a pre-season warm up game was announced between the local rivals. Leigh, who yesterday confirmed the signing of Australian half-back Sammut, will be giving many of the club’s off-season signings some gametime ahead of the 2020 Betfred Championship season. Head coach John Duffy will be using the game as a final opportunity to fine tune things with the opening game of the season a week later at Dewsbury. The fixture will…

Leigh Centurions are delighted to confirm the signing of dynamic Australian half-back Jarrod Sammut. The vastly experienced 32-year-old arrives at Leigh Sports Village having played 14 times for Wigan Warriors in 2019. Sammut said he was looking forward to playing in front of the Leigh Centurions fans, especially at home and embracing the pressure of being a play-making pivot: “As a player, facing Leigh was always daunting,” he said. “In all my time here in the UK as a player, I’ve not beaten Leigh so if you can’t beat them,…

Leigh Centurions are delighted to announce the signing of Josh Woods on a second season-long loan deal from Wigan Warriors. Half-back Woods spent the entire 2019 campaign on loan at Leigh Sports Village from the Warriors and made 25 appearances, scoring three tries, 10 goals and a drop goal. Leigh head coach John Duffy said: “Josh has played a lot of games in the Betfred Championship over the last couple of years and I think we think of him as an ‘old head’ but we forget he’s only 22. “I…

Leigh Centurions are delighted to announce the signing of Craig Mullen from Wigan Warriors on a season-long loan deal. During his career, 21-year-old Mullen has played at full-back and on the wing, making his Wigan senior debut in 2018 against Wakefield Trinity. He said: “I’m looking forward to pulling on the Leigh colours and getting out there in front of those loud fans with the lads. “We’ve got a really good bunch here and it’s going to be an exciting year.” A product of the Blackbrook Royals community club, he…

Leigh Centurions are delighted to announce that exciting Kiwi prop Mark Ioane has joined the club for the 2020 season. Ioane, 28, clocked-up over one hundred games in four seasons at London Broncos and starred in two memorable wins over eventual Super League Champions St Helens earlier this year. As a key member of the Broncos team which won promotion from the Betfred Championship in 2018, playing alongside new Centurions team-mates Tom Spencer and Ben Hellewell in the MPG win in Toronto, he’s well aware of the challenges ahead in…