Centurions up for Cup challenge
Leigh Centurions are ready and eager for Sunday's Carnegie Challenge Cup fourth round clash against Super League Warrington Wolves at Hilton Park.
But they will still be without several key players.
Caretaker Coach Paul Rowley, said: "Toa Kohe Love and Andy Hobson will not be fit." Caretaker Coach Paul Rowley. " We should have Dave Alstead back, but he will probably come in as a straight replacement for Steve Maden who was injured at Sheffield."
After last weeks testing National One victory at Sheffield Eagles , this is a cracking tie for Leigh with the players relishing their opportunity to pit themselves against the big name stars form the Warrington club, who have not had everything going their way in recent weeks, and who have lost their last two games.
Paul added: " It is a tough tie. But it is also a 'no-pressure' tie. We are playing for personal pride and that in itself is a huge motivator, but it is Warrington who will be worrying about this game not us."
In the meantime Leigh continue their search for a new Coach. " We advertised the position earlier in the week, and have set a closing date of April 25th for applications. " explained Leigh Chief Executive, Allan Rowley. " We expect a good response and have already received a number of applications. We can confirm that Karl Harrison and Neil Kelly have both put in applications. Both these applicants have stated publicly their wish to be considered., and therefore we do consider such confirmation as a breach of confidence. But we are a big club, with a Super League franchise application on the table and anew ground almost ready for occupancy. We expect plenty of interest from top quality coaches from all areas of the game."
Paul Rowley has confirmed that he does not want the Head Coaching position at this stage. " Like all players, and in fact anyone in any job, I feel there is an apprenticeship to be served before I am ready to take sole control. I am relatively new to coaching and need to get vital experience under my belt before I take over the Head Coaching role.
Hopefully there will be a position for me under whoever may take over, but in the meantime I am just concentrating on doing the job whilst the club considers who is best suited to take over.
"The win at Sheffield was encouraging, not least because we had worked hard through the week in preparation. I switched Dennis to full back, because that was were he was such a revelation in Super League, and it seemed to work. It also freed the middle of the park and enabled Lee Marsh, Ian Watson and Dave McConnell to work on their understanding to move us around the field. It was a huge effort and showed lots of character to come back like they did and to control the second half in such a fashion.
"It was a quality win, and one we desperately needed, especially with so many injuries at the club."
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16 April 2008 9:30 AM
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