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Rangers win but Brig lose out
Hindley 18 Adlington Rangers 29
Hindley scattered the visiting defence to go six points up early on and then doubled the score minutes later.
Rangers got their act together and, with John Barker and Carl Parker back from injury, the team slowly turned the tables.
A good break from Neil Prescott was followed on for Paul Cookson to charge over for a try - goaled by Richard Wareing.
In the second half it was all Rangers, with some good defensive work from the young backs Lee Speakman and Ryan Fitton.
Another good break by centre Mike Ferney was carried on by the half-backs, and Neil Prescott brushed off a couple of would-be tacklers to score. Wareing added the kick to level the scores.
Rangers were passing the ball about well and again Cookson dashed through a gap to score.
Wareing added the conversion and then a penalty for a 20-12 lead.
Paul Dootson took the next score - some good passing work sending him through at the corner.
On target Wareing curled the kick from the sidelines for the conversion and added a second penalty kick.
Some rough tactics saw Hindley go through for a score, but Carl Parker capped the scoring with a drop-goal to confirm a 29-18 win. Leigh Miners 46
Bamber Bridge 6
Any assumptions that the final score reflects a one-way game would be without foundation.
This encounter was definitely a game of two halves, the first half going the home team's way with an unanswered string of tries bringing the half-time score to 34-0.
Coach Damian Duncan's half-time talk worked magic for the second successive week, the players responding in magnificent fashion.
Prop Ben Young had a great game as did Jamie Jackson.
With some sterling work from Lee Cadwallader and Olumide Oladele, Brig began to settle their game making ground and forcing the errors.
Richard Gallimore put in some superb breaks and with young Jack Humphreys and Ben Whewell becoming more comfortable with open age rugby, the team began to gel.
After some brilliant set piece moves, Brig were rewarded with a try, courtesy of Andy Swarbrick, leading by example, converted by Jamie Jackson.
The visitors were denied further tries by a solid Leigh defence, while Dave Breakwell's 40-metre run up the wing was halted when he became stuck in the mud just short of the line.
Leigh scored two late converted tries, while Bamber Bridge are able to look forward to a future with potential.
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