Round 18 Recap

James Booth • 20 July 2024

Match Report

0’- Oli Leyland kicks to Leigh from left to right to get the game started.

 

1’- Good offload by Sam Davis to Lovell on the fourth who makes a good break and makes some healthy metres for the Broncos.

 

2’- Try scored for Leigh by Darnell McIntosh. A huge error by Macani. Hardaker misses the conversion- Leigh 4-0 London.

 

5’- Penalty for London. Leigh are offside.

 

7’- Turnover of possession. Leigh gets the ball back.

 

7’- Leigh penalty.

 

8’- Scrum for London. Asiata knocks the ball on.

 

9’- Kennedy drops the ball in the tackle, gifting Leigh some excellent field position.

 

10’- Try for Leigh scored by Tom Amone. Hardaker converts. Leigh 10-0 London.

 

15’- Knock on by Leigh on the fifth. The Broncos have the ball back about 10m out from their own try line.

 

16’- Penalty for Leigh.

 

17’- Try for Leigh by Leutele. Hardaker converts. Leigh 16-0 London.

 

20’- An excellent tackle by Natoli and the offload goes out of bounds. Turnover of ball for London.

 

20’- Penalty for London for a high tackle.

 

21’- Adebiyi drops the ball and gifts possession back to Leigh.

 

22’- Six again for Leigh.

 

23’- Double interchange for London- Bienek & Parata comes on for Butler & Stock.

 

25’- Penalty for London for interference.

 

26’- Penalty for Leigh for a high tackle.

 

27’- Interchange for London- Campagnolo comes on for Davis.

 

29’- Huge break by Rourke but he does not complete the final pass to Campagnolo who would have been in to score.

 

31’- Penalty for Leigh.

 

31’- Interchange for London- Waine comes on for Kennedy.

 

32’- Try for Leigh, scored by Matt Davis. Hardaker converts- Leigh 22-0 London.

 

35’- Penalty for Leigh for a high shot by Parata.

 

36’- Set restart for Leigh. They are knocking on the door for a fifth try of the half.

 

36’- Knock on by Leigh, scrum for London. Amone was looking to ground the ball but came up short.

 

37’- Penalty for London. Offside by Leigh. Leyland misses touch.

 

38’- Penalty for London for obstruction.

 

HALF TIME- LEIGH LEOPARDS 22-0 LONDON BRONCOS

 

Half time thoughts: Out of the four try’s which have been scored in the first half by Leigh, I don’t think that there has been one that hasn’t come from one of our mistakes. We have had some bright spells with a good couple of breaks by Lovell & Rourke, but it is imperative that we make less mistakes and hold more of the ball for us to have a better second half. All credit to Leigh so far though, they have been ruthless in taking advantage of the opportunities which we have given them and have been running hard.

 

40’- Broncos receive the ball to start the second half.

 

42- Campagnolo’s chip through to Macani goes dead just short of the Leigh try line.

 

46’- Knock on by Leigh in an attempted interception. London scrum halfway in their own half.

 

47’- Penalty for London for an offside from the scrum.

 

47’- Lovell knocks on in play 1 and it is a scrum for Leigh.

 

49’- Try on the field scored by Charnley but the video referee is having a look. Try is awarded. Hardaker converts.

 

52’- 40-20 for Leigh.

 

53’- The ball is over the line for Leigh, but the ball is held up.

 

53’- Penalty for London. Excellent break by Campagnolo and it is a high tackle on him.

 

53’- Interchange for London- Butler comes on for Waine.

 

55’- A second 40-20 for Leigh. Excellent kick by Lam gives Leigh great field position.

 

56’- Dropped by Leigh and London get the ball back 5m outside of their own try-line.

 

57’- Incorrect play of the ball by the Broncos and Leigh regain possession of the ball in the Broncos half.

 

58’- Penalty for Leigh.

 

59’- Dropped ball by Leigh picked up by Tison.

 

60’- Try for London scored by Josh Rourke but the video referee is having a look. Try awarded- spectacular try by Rourke who gets his third in three games. Leyland converts. Leigh 28-6 London.

 

63’- Try scored by Leigh for Lam. Sinbin for Adebiyi for a late hit in the build-up to the try. Hardaker misses the conversion.

 

67’- Handover of possession. Leigh gets the ball back on the sixth.

 

68’- Knock on by Leigh and Kennedy catches the ball and makes 15m.

 

69’- Natoli drops the ball and Leigh have a scrum.

 

69’- Interchange for London- Kennedy comes on for Bienek.

 

70’- Penalty for London for a high tackle on Josh Rourke.

 

72’- A good string of passes by the Broncos but Kershaw drops the ball and gives the ball back to Leigh.

 

73’- Try scored for Leigh by Jack Hughes. Hardaker wide with the conversion.

 

76’- Interchange for London- Stock comes on for Parata.

 

77’- Leigh’s pass goes out into touch. Turnover ball for London.

 

78’- Davis runs on the fifth and gets tackled about 2m short of the Leigh try line.

 

FULL TIME- LEIGH LEOPARDS 36-6 LONDON BRONCOS

 

Penalty’s conceded: 8-6

Half-time: 22-0

Full-time: 36-6

 

Leigh Leopards

Team:

2) Zak Hardaker, 34) Darnell McIntosh, 24) Umyla Hanley, 4) Ricky Leutele, 5) Josh Charnley, 1) Gareth O’Brien, 7) Lachlan Lam, 8) Tom Amone, 33) Brad Dwyer, 10) Robbie Mulhern, 11) Kai O’Donnell, 16) Frankie Halton, 13) John Asiata.

Interchanges: 17) Owen Trout, 12) Jack Hughes, 30) Louis Brogan, 15) Matt Davis.

 

Try: McIntosh (2), Amone (10), Leutele (17), Davis (32), Charnley (49), Lam (63), Hughes (73).

Conversion: Hardaker 4/7

Sin-bin: N/A

 

London Broncos

Team:

23) Josh Rourke, 2) Lee Kershaw, 12) Ethan Natoli, 3) Jarred Bassett, 5) Iliess Macani, 20) Oli Leyland, 34) Ugo Tison, 8) Rob Butler, 9) Sam Davis, 19) Rhys Kennedy, 11) Will Lovell ©, 17) Sadiq Adebiyi, 15) Marcus Stock.

Interchanges: 18) Emmanuel Waine, 10) Lewis Bienek, 13) Dean Parata, 6) Jack Campagnolo

 

Try: Rourke (60)

Conversion: Leyland 1/1

Sin-bin: Adebiyi (63)



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