190212 Sheffield Eagles v Leigh

The Eagles were at Don Valley for their first home match of the Cup against Leigh Centurions. It was yet another game of two halves. Leigh dominated the first half with the Sheffield side not managing even to force their way into the visitors 10 metre zone. By half-time they were behind 18-0, and went further behind on 53 minutes as Leigh scored an unconverted try. Then it all started to change as Andrew Henderson and Dominc Brambani dragged the Eagles into the game as Leigh tired. Alex Szostack’s determination took him over from 15 metres on the hour for Sheffield’s first points, with Simon Brown adding the conversion. Two minutes later Joe Hirst stormed in under the posts and Brown added the extras. With 7 minutes left on the clock, Peter Green’s quick pass sent Sam Scott racing through the gap for yet another try, Brown cutting the lead to 4 points. Two minute to go, Vinny Finigan took a pass from Michael Knowles and scored in the corner to level the scores. In the next attack, the hosts worked their way towards the Leigh line and with seconds left Brambani launched a drop goal that won the game 23-22. Despite the victory.