Wigan Warriors beat Leigh Leopards to secure a 10th consecutive win

Herz — Sport Desk · 31 July 2026 at 22:19 · 30s summary · 3 min read

What happened

Wigan Warriors defeated Leigh Leopards at Leigh Sports Village on July 31, 2026. The BBC and Yahoo Sports described the fixture as the “Battle of the Borough”, the established name for the local rugby league derby between two clubs from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.

The result gave Wigan a 10th consecutive win in all competitions and lifted the club into second place in the Super League, Europe’s top-tier professional rugby league competition.

Leigh’s run of five successive victories ended, and the club fell to fifth place.

Leigh lead at half-time

Leigh controlled the first half. Adam Cook kicked an early penalty before Innes Senior scored the opening try in the 13th minute.

It was Senior’s 10th try of the season and followed a pass from Andy Badrock, who had been recalled from a loan spell at Widnes Vikings.

Four Wigan tries in 22 minutes

Wigan scored four tries in a 22-minute spell spanning half-time. Jai Field started the sequence three minutes before the interval.

Field ran 80 metres after taking a quick penalty. Four minutes after the restart, Bevan French scored after Jack Hughes’ offload went to ground.

In the 51st minute, Zach Eckersley intercepted an errant offload from Lazarus Vaalepu and scored his 22nd try of the season.

Shortly before the hour mark, Noah Hodkinson finished after a tipped pass from Eckersley. Harry Smith added two conversions.

The turning point

Wigan full-back Jai Field was named man of the match. Head coach Matt Peet described Field’s try as a “game-changing moment”.

Peet also praised Wigan’s character and defensive strength, saying the contest had a play-off atmosphere from the first minute.

Leigh’s response

Leigh head coach Adrian Lam attributed the defeat to individual skill errors at decisive moments, while praising his side’s first-half performance.

Three tries from poor skill and a fourth one where we fell asleep at the wheel.

— Adrian Lam, Leigh Leopards head coach

Lam described Leigh as “unbelievably good” for 40 minutes and said the team was very close to producing that level more consistently.

Match context

Wigan had won the clubs’ first meeting of the 2026 season 54–0 in round three.

Wigan played the rematch without Adam Keighran, who was ruled out with a groin injury.

1. Wigan defeat Leigh 54–0 in the clubs’ first meeting of the season.