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signing we made because it sharpened people up.

“Riddy kicked himself into shape, and that doesn’t mean he was a bad person before. But he took himself a bit more seriously and has grown with the team. He and Josh Drinkwater were electric.”

Gutsiest

Jukes had heroes across his entire side, with Matty Dawson finishing with a hat-trick. The coach added: “I told them that whether they’d been here for five minutes or 15 years, I needed their best game in a Leigh Centurions shirt.

“From one to 17 they did that – the momentum went away from us in the second half, but that was the gutsiest performance we’ve ever had.” The Centurions enturions played at a breakneck speed metres to score score. Then Jamie Ellis from the off, and as a result were 18-0 dropped Jermaine McGillvary’s pass up inside the first 13 minutes. with the line open, and moments later

Greg Worthington touched down Dawson was completing his hat-trick. after 53 seconds before Drinkwater If that wasn’t bad enough, Giants created a quick-fire double for Dawson. conceded twice more before the break.

Huddersfield responded, with Drinkwater kicked for Cory Paterson Michael Lawrence and Aaron Murphy to touch down and Ridyard forced his briefly closing the gap to eight points. way over again. And when Mitch Brown

But the match swung on two incidents stepped over early in the second half, soon after, as first Ridyard picked off Leigh looked home and dry at 48-10. a Danny Brough pass and raced 90 But then Huddersfield finally stirred, and 30 unanswered points in 24 minutes, with tries for Jake Connor, Leroy Cudjoe (2) and Ellis (2), set up a tense finale.

Giants coach Rick Stone said: “I’m pretty disappointed and embarrassed. But you can’t take too much away from the winners – they deserve this.”