Heroes all!

Oct 14 2002 By Chris Roberts, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

McNamara added the extras, despite being hit on the back by a water bottle thrown by a frustrated Leigh player as he walked back to take the kick, and the Giants were back in Super League heaven!

MATCH FACTS

Huddersfield Giants Cooper; O'Hare, Crabtree, Hallas, St Hilaire; Gene, Thorman; Slicker (Molyneux 53mins), March (Turner 22mins), Wittenberg (Roberts 33mins, Wittenberg 74mins), Atkins, Roberts (Cruckshank 23mins bb, Rice 58mins), McNamara.

Tries - O'Hare (11mins & 78mins), St Hilaire (35mins &51mins), Thorman (47mins), Gene (57mins).

Goals - McNamara 7 from 9.

Sin-binning - Roberts (fighting, 47mins).

Leigh Centurions - Turley (Bradbury 72mins); Felton, Cardoza, Roper, Marns; Swann (Duffy 31mins), Goulding (Swann 59mins, Goulding 75mins); Matautia (Whittle 22mins), Rowley, Bradbury (Price 23mins, bb, rev 34mins, Hamilton 62mins), Baldwin, Isherwood, Bristow (Hamilton 47mins, bb, rev 54mins).

Tries - Cardoza (9mins), Marns (19mins), Hamilton (69mins.

Goals - Turley 2 from 5.

Sin-binnings - Whittle (fighting, 47mins), Bristow (interference, 73mins).

On report - Isherwood (illegal use of elbow, 64mins).

Half-time - 14-10.

Referee - Karl Kirkpatrick (Warrington).

Attendance - 9,051.

Scrums won - Huddersfield 5, Leigh 6.

Penalties conceded - Huddersfield 10, Leigh 10.

Top Huddersfield tacklers - Atkins 35, McNamara 28, Slicker 27, Turner 21.

Tom Bergin man-of-the-match - Chris Thorman.