Castleford Tigers v. Leigh Centurions preview

The Tigers
By Matt Lawton
February 28 2003

The Centurions travel to The Jungle tomorrow night for a friendly against the Super League outfit. Leigh will be hoping to do better than arch rivals Wigan who were defeated by the Tigers in last weekend's opening round of the Super League.

Centurions coach Paul Terzis will be taking a full strength side for the game, which was arranged because both sides had a free weekend following their elimination from the Powergen Challenge Cup, against Featherstone and Wakefield respectively.

Terzis has the luxury of being able to choose record breaking full back Neil Turley in the squad for the first time this season after the former Wigan starlet recovered from a long term back injury which has dogged him in the past year. Turley came through 80 minutes in a game for the Leigh Under 21 side last weekend, when they suffered a narrow 19-18 defeat against rivals Wigan.

A big crowd is expected for the 6pm kick off at the Jungle and the Centurions are encouraging as many Centurions supporters as possible to make the trip over the Pennines.