Author: AP

Leigh Centurions Club Ambassador Alex Murphy OBE celebrates his 80th birthday on Easter Monday. A star scrum-half at hometown St Helens and scourge of the Aussies while still a teenager on the 1958 tour, Murphy is a member of the Rugby League Hall of Fame. It was the late, great Tommy Sale MBE that was the catalyst in Murphy first joining Leigh. He’d fallen out with home town club St Helens and was in dispute. Tommy met him and persuaded him to come as coach. Later the two clubs agreed…

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Leigh Centurions are delighted to present this week’s copy of “The Centurion” Match Day Magazine as a free to all download. The Club has taken the decision to take the “The Centurion” digital this season, so as to expose its terrifically rich content to a much wider audience, following a successful trial towards the end of the 2018 season. We would like to thank everybody who registered their interest in subscribing to a printed edition of The Centurion, but unfortunately there wasn’t sufficient take up to make it viable. We…

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Congratulations to Jonny Pownall on his 100th career try, scored against Widnes Vikings on Good Friday. Pownall has scored 67 tries in 103 games for his hometown club and 100 in 144 career games. Pownall’s 100 comprises those 67 for Leigh Centurions, 30 for Toronto Wolfpack and 3 on loan to Bradford Bulls. Here’s number 100 courtesy Onion Bag Photography plus a few from the back catalogue. Pownall’s first try was on debut in a 68-24 win against Hull Dockers at LSV in the Challenge Cup in March 2011. Pownall…

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Leigh Centurions have announced their 19-man squad that will line up to face Dewsbury Rams on Easter Monday at Leigh Sports Village (3pm). The squad is as follows: 1 Gregg McNally Cloud 4 Computers 2 Jonny Pownall Wolf Rock  @ The Britannia 3 Iain Thornley AB Sundecks 5 Stefan Marsh Cre8 Your Marketing Good Guys 6 Martyn Ridyard (vice-captain) RM Courier Services Ltd 7 Josh Woods Caton Lloyd Audio Visual Solutions 9 Micky Higham (captain) JRs Taxis 10 Sam Brooks Pro Build Plumbing & Heating 11 Toby Adamson Pam Ties…

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Widnes Vikings moved into positive points after their 12pts deduction with a vibrant attacking display at Halton Stadium. Kieron Purtill’s side dominated the early stages and built a 16-0 lead after 21 minutes and though Leigh fought back with tries by Josh Eaves and Jonny Pownall the Vikings went on to earn a convincing win. Pownall’s try in the corner was his 100th in senior rugby league and was one of the few bright consolations for the visitors who finished second best. Eaves, on dual registration from St Helens and…

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