| Leigh (12) 20 |
| Tries: Briscoe, Charnley, Hughes Targets: Reynolds 3 Drop-goals: O’Brien 2 |
| Wakefield (6) 19 |
| Tries: Hood, Kershaw 2 Targets: Lino 3 Drop-goal: Gale |
Wakefield have been relegated from Tremendous League after falling to a dramatic defeat at Leigh Leopards.
Tries from Tom Briscoe and Josh Charnley, both aspect of Liam Hood’s reply for the guests, gave the house aspect a 12-6 half-time benefit.
Jack Hughes’ strive after the restart prolonged their lead however a quickfire double from Lee Kershaw levelled it up.
The groups exchanged drop-goals to ship it to golden-point further time and Gareth O’Brien kicked the winner.
It was in the end a merciless means for Trinity’s 24-year spell within the prime tier to come back to an finish, and they are going to be left to rue missed drop-goal makes an attempt of their very own that may have despatched their battle for survival to the ultimate weekend.
Native rivals Castleford fell to a thumping 48-6 loss at in-form Wigan however it mattered not in the long run because of O’Brien’s profitable kick with further time nearly up.
Trinity stay 4 factors behind Cas on the foot of the desk with simply the ultimate recreation of the marketing campaign to come back towards Hull KR subsequent Friday.
Wakefield obtained off to a disastrous begin once they fell behind after simply 4 minutes when Briscoe made probably the most of lax defending however Hood rapidly obtained the away aspect again on phrases.
Charnley continued his glorious season along with his twenty sixth strive of the yr, shifting him one away from Catalans’ Tom Johnstone on the prime of the standings.
Hughes’ rating, when Wakefield had been all the way down to 12 males with Kevin Proctor within the sin bin, might have damaged the strugglers’ resolve however they confirmed nice character to fightback thanks to 2 Kershaw tries in six minutes.
Ben Reynolds and Mason Lino exchanged penalties to maintain the scores tied earlier than O’Brien appeared to win it and doom the Yorkshire aspect along with his first drop-goal of the evening.
Nevertheless, Luke Gale landed a kick of his personal within the final minute to ship the sport to golden-point further time.
Either side managed to get into good area place and Max Jowitt noticed a kick fall simply beneath the posts for Mark Applegarth’s determined guests earlier than O’Brien got here up trumps to interrupt Wakefield hearts.
Leigh, who received the Problem Cup for the third time earlier this yr, are as much as fourth and have assured a play-off spot in what has been an outstanding first season again in Tremendous League.
For Wakefield, the second tier beckons for the primary time since 1998.
Wakefield head coach Mark Applegarth informed BBC Radio Leeds:
“I do not suppose I can sum up my feelings. I am harm if I am sincere.
“It is my accountability and I really feel that on my shoulders. It is a bit uncooked in the meanwhile.
“It isn’t effort I am questioning. I could not ask for extra from them.
“We might have taken a drop-goal try a bit earlier however you can have a look at a load of little issues within the recreation. It isn’t one particular person’s fault why we have now misplaced that recreation.
“The desk would not lie and we have not been adequate all yr. We have got some robust selections to make however one factor I’ll assure is that Wakefield Trinity shall be again.”
Leigh: O’Brien, Briscoe, Gildart, Chamberlain, Charnley, Reynolds, Lam, Amone, Ipape, Mulhern, Hughes, O’Donnell, Davis.
Interchanges: Mellor, Wardle, Nakubuwai, Holmes.
Wakefield: Jowitt, Kershaw, Croft, Franco, Lineham, Gale, Lino, Battye, Hood, Whitbread, Ashurst, Griffin, Pitts.
Interchanges: Tanginoa, Kay, Proctor, Salabio.
Referee: Tom Grant.