Leigh coach Adrian Lam declared himself pleased with his aspect after they gained 16-10 to sentence Huddersfield to a fifth straight defeat.
The end result marked solely a fourth Tremendous League win of 2024 for the Leopards and so they had been compelled to do it the laborious method after having three gamers sin-binned.
Ed Chamberlain and Frankie Halton had been proven yellow playing cards in direction of the top of the primary half earlier than Brad Dwyer adopted go well with within the closing levels of the sport.
However the guests took the spoils with first-half tries from winger Josh Charnley and hooker Edwin Ipape, plus eight factors with the boot from man of the match Matt Moylan.
Ian Watson’s hosts scored second-half tries by means of second-rower Sam Hewitt and centre Kevin Naiqama however Leigh held on.
Lam, who expressed his frustration the efficiency of the officers, mentioned: “I believe I’ve aged just a few years tonight.
“However I’m very pleased with the boys as a result of there was a degree within the first half after we went all the way down to 11 gamers.
“It’s a tough sufficient sport to play with 13 gamers, not to mention 12 or 11, and I assumed there have been some actually robust calls, particularly the sinbinning for Chamberlain.
“I used to be a bit pissed off with lots of the choices and the stoppages however I don’t need to take away from the what the boys did and the way in which we hung in collectively as a bunch.
“We weren’t fairly at instances, however you noticed our desperation for one another.”
Lam reserved particular reward for stand-off Moylan, including: “Matt has discovering his rhythm in that place and lengthy might it proceed.”
Charnley opened the scoring and Huddersfield had Oliver Russell sinbinned earlier than Leigh scored their second strive when Ipape scampered over.
The Giants hit again early within the second half by means of Hewitt and Naiqama went over late on however Leigh held on.
Huddersfield boss Watson, who revealed Jake Connor missed out attributable to a knee drawback, mentioned: “There was lots of effort and need from either side and the actual fact there was solely two tries apiece confirmed that.
“They in all probability had a participant in Matt Moylan who was very good in what he was doing on the again of Lachlan Lam.
“We gave too many penalties away within the first half and possibly we might have been a bit smarter with some alternatives.
“There are small little moments we have to study from, together with self-discipline, but when we now have that effort, we’ll be alright. We simply should be a bit extra scientific and disciplined.”
