Leigh end long wait for win at Warrington

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Warrington (0) 12

Tries: King, Thewlis Goals: Ratchford 2

Leigh (10) 34

Tries: Brand 3, Davis, Hanley, Hodgson Goals: O'Brien 5

Leigh Leopards won at Warrington for the first time in more than 38 years, piling more misery on Wolves head coach Sam Burgess.

Defeat by a Leigh side chasing a home elimination final was Warrington's sixth loss in seven games – and came after Wolves chairman Stuart Middleton had publicly backed former England dual-code international Burgess.

And although the 36-year-old himself also spoke of "truly believing" in what he can do as Warrington boss, Leigh were largely untroubled by the eighth-placed Wolves as first-half tries from Keanan Brand and Matt Davis put the visitors up 10-0 at the break.

Brand went on to grab two more tries for his hat-trick, while Umyla Hanley and Bailey Hodgson also went over in the second half, as Leigh cruised to their first away win against Warrington since a 17-10 Stones Bitter Championship victory at the Wire's former home ground of Wilderspool in April 1987.

Wolves managed two late tries, through Toby King and Josh Thewlis, which allowed decorated full-back Stefan Ratchford to mark his final home game before retirement with two successful conversions.

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Warrington Wolves: Dufty, J Thewlis, King, Ratchford, J Thewlis, Sneyd, Hayes, Philbin, Walker, Yates, Stone, Fitzgibbon, Matterson

Interchanges: Powell, Holroyd, Wood, Thomas

Leigh Leopards: Hodgson, Brand, Niu, Hanley, Charnley, O'Brien, Lam, Pene, Ipape, Mulhern, Halton, Hughes, Liu

Interchanges: Trout, Tuitavake, Davis, Dwyer

Referee: Chris Kendall