Leigh Stun Warrington With Dramatic Late Comeback

Betfred Super League

Leigh (2) 20

Tries: Hanley 2, Trout Goals: O'Brien 4

Warrington (8) 16

Tries: Dufty, Jake Thewlis Goals: Sneyd 4

Leigh Leopards staged a stunning precocious fightback pinch 2 tries successful 3 minutes to dent Warrington Wolves' Super League play-off hopes pinch a thrilling 20-16 location win.

Wire bossed astir of nan game, and aft Marc Sneyd and Gareth O'Brien successfully traded punishment kicks, nan visitors led 8-2 astatine nan break done Matt Dufty's try, laid connected by a stunning tally from Josh Thewlis.

His younger sibling, Jake Thewlis, crossed 5 minutes aft half-time to return Warrington 12 points clear earlier Umyla Hanley trim nan shortage backmost to wrong a score.

Sneyd's superb 46-metre punishment footwear put Wolves 16-8 up pinch 10 minutes left, but Hanley crossed again earlier Owen Trout collapsed complete for nan winning people pinch little than 3 minutes to go.

Warrington stay 4 points extracurricular nan play-off places pinch 7 rounds to spell aft a mystifying defeat.

And a smash-and-grab fourth-straight triumph for Leigh - their seventh triumph from 8 - moves them wrong a constituent of second-placed Wigan Warriors.

Responding to a limp conclusion astatine lowly Castleford Tigers past clip out, Warrington showed aggression and power from nan get-go, pinning their hosts heavy wrong their ain territory for overmuch of nan opening quarter.

Yet contempt their ascendant play, patient Leigh defence constricted them to conscionable 2 points - Sneyd chipping complete a punishment for Joe Ofahengaue's precocious tackle connected Sam Powell, who had been held up connected nan statement moments earlier.

And having hardly group an attacking footwear successful Wire territory, Leigh were soon level done O'Brien's punishment for precocious interaction by Wire debutant Ryan Matterson.

Yet, bid was restored successful nan 32nd infinitesimal erstwhile Josh Thewlis, wrong his ain half connected nan correct wing, trim backmost into nan centre pinch a breathless run, slaloming done challenges earlier sending Dufty successful nether nan posts.

If location was dream for a below-par Leigh, and interest for Wire, it was that conscionable 1 people separated nan sides going into nan 2nd half.

Sneyd slotted a 2nd punishment earlier George Williams' superb footwear down nan near helping bounced kindly for Jake Thewlis to cod and transverse for his eighth Super League effort of nan season.

Leading 14-2 pinch 15 minutes left, Dufty had a 2nd people - and a imaginable decider - overturned by nan video referee pursuing a Lachlan Fitzgibbon obstruction.

And 2 minutes later, and having hardly troubled nan Warrington line, Leigh were backmost successful it erstwhile Hanley stretched retired to touch down O'Brien's deflected grubber kick.

O'Brien's conversion brought nan Leopards backmost wrong six points, but Sneyd's dead-eye punishment from agelong region again took nan visitors 2 scores clear.

But erstwhile again aft a Warrington people was ruled retired aft a video reappraisal - this clip from Toby King - Hanley powered done for a 2nd effort and O'Brien's conversion trim nan spread to 16-14.

Wire were abruptly hanging connected and buckled moments later arsenic Trout capped his 100th Super League quality pinch nan winning people from adjacent range.

Leigh: Hodgson; Brand, Niu, Hanley, Charnley; O'Brien, Lam; Trout, Ipape, Ofahengaue, Halton, Hughes, Liu.

Interchanges: McNamara, Tuitavake, Davis, Badrock.

Warrington: Dufty; Josh Thewlis, Wrench, King, Jake Thewlis; Williams, Sneyd; Yates, Powell, Vaughan, Stone, Fitzgibbon, Currie.

Interchanges: Philbin, Matterson, Wood, Walker.

Referee: Liam Moore.