2023 Leigh Leopards season

Leigh Leopards 2023 season
Leigh Leopards 2023 season
2023 record	Wins: 13; losses: 6
Points scored	For: 458; against: 309
Team information
Chairman	Derek Beaumont
Head Coach	Adrian Lam
Captain	John Asiata ;
Stadium	Leigh Sports Village
Top scorers
Tries	Josh Charnley (23)
Goals	Ben Reynolds (52)
Points	Ben Reynolds (124)

Last updated April 04, 2024

The 2023 season was the Leigh Leopards's 4th season overall and 1st season back playing in England's top division of rugby league after relegation to the RFL Championship in 2021. During the season, they competed in the Super League XXVIII and the 2023 Challenge Cup.

Preseason friendlies

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
22 January, 15:00	Leeds Rhinos	H	Leigh Sports Village	W	14-12	Charnley, Leutele, Hardaker	Hardaker 1/3	2,941	^[1]

Super League

Fixtures

All fixtures subject to change

Date and time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
18 February, 13:00	Salford Red Devils	H	Leigh Sports Village	L	10–20			10,029	Channel 4	^[2]
26 February, 20:00	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	6–14			12,306	Not televised	^[3]
4 March, 20:00	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	W	30–25			7,565	Not televised	^[4]
11 March, 20:00	St Helens	H	Leigh Sports Village	W	20–12			11,451	Sky Sports	^[5]
18 March, 19:45	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	20–38			5,777	Not televised	^[6]
26 March, 20:00	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium	W	24–16			11,492	Sky Sports	^[7]
31 March, 20:00	Wigan Warriors	H	Leigh Sports Village	L	6–34			9,189	Sky Sports	^[8]
8 April, 15:00	Salford Red Devils	H	Leigh Sports Village	L	20–22			6,002	Sky Sports	^[9]
17 April, 20:00	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	W	32–0			15,026	Sky Sports	^[10]
22 April, 15:00	Leeds Rhinos	H	Leigh Sports Village	W	20–6			12,240	Not televised	^[11]
6 May, 20:00	Castleford Tigers	H	Leigh Sports Village	W	30–6			10,251	Sky Sports	^[12]
13 May, 20:00	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smith's Stadium	W	30–4			12,167	Sky Sports	^[13]
27 May, 20:00	Warrington Wolves	H	Leigh Sports Village	W	30–12			Not recorded	Sky Sports	^[14]
4 June, 15:45	Wakefield Trinity	N	St James' Park	W	30–4	Lam 2, Mulhern, Ipape, Charnley	Reynolds 1/1, Hardaker (3/4 + 1 pen.)	36,943	Sky Sports	^[15]
9 June, 20:00	Hull F.C.	H	Leigh Sports Village	W	28–16	Gareth O'Brien, Briscoe, Charnley 2, Joseph Mellor	Hardaker (4/5)	16,272	Sky Sports	^[16]
25 June, 20:00	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	30–38	Chamberlain 2, Ipape, Charnley, Briscoe	Reynolds 5/5		Sky Sports	^[17]
1 July, 05:00	Hull KR	H	Leigh Sports Village	W	34–4	Briscoe, Ipape, Chamberlain, Charnley, Mulhern	Reynolds 5/5		Sky Sports	^[18]
8 July, 19:45	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	34–16	Amone, Lam 2, Briscoe, Charnley 2	Reynolds 5/6		Sky Sports	^[19]
17 July, 20:00	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	24–22	Chamberlain, Leutele, Lam, Hardaker	Reynolds 3/4 + 1 pen.)		Sky Sports	^[20]
29 July, 13:00	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	18–44	Amone, Briscoe, Mulhern	Reynolds 3/3		Channel 4	^[21]
7 August, 12:00	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Stadium	W	13 –6	Ipape, Amone	Reynolds 1/2 + 1 pen.), O'Brien 1 Drop goal			^[22]
20 August, 20:00	Catalans Dragons	H	Leigh Sports Village		–
26 August, 18:00	Hull KR	A	Craven Park		–
2 September, 20:00	Huddersfield Giants	H	Leigh Sports Village		–				Sky Sports
9 September, 05:00	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium		–
16 September, 05:00	Wakefield Trinity	H	Leigh Sports Village		–
22 September, 20:00	Wigan Warriors	H	Leigh Sports Village	L	6–10	Lam	Reynolds 1/1			^[23]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (L, C)	27	20	7	722	360	+362	40	Qualification to Semi-finals
2	Catalans Dragons	27	20	7	722	420	+302	40	Qualification to Semi-finals
3	St. Helens	27	20	7	613	366	+247	40	Qualification to Eliminators
4	Hull KR	27	16	11	589	498	+91	32
5	Leigh Leopards	27	16	11	585	508	+77	32
6	Warrington Wolves	27	14	13	597	512	+85	28
7	Salford Red Devils	27	13	14	494	512	−18	26
8	Leeds Rhinos	27	12	15	535	534	+1	24
9	Huddersfield Giants	27	11	16	473	552	−79	22
10	Hull FC	27	10	17	476	654	−178	20
11	Castleford Tigers	27	6	21	323	774	−451	12
12	Wakefield Trinity (R)	27	4	23	303	742	−439	8	Relegation to Championship

Source: Super League
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated

Challenge Cup

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
20 May, 14:30	Round 6	Wakefield Trinity	A	The Be Well Support Stadium	W	40–12			1,568	BBC One ^[24]	^[25]
18 June, 17:00	Quarter Finals	York Knights	A	York Community Stadium	W	34–14	Joseph Mellor, Tom Amone, Briscoe 2, Charnley 2	O'Brien (2), Hardaker (3)		BBC One ^[26]
22 July, 14:30	Semi Finals	St Helens	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	12–10	Holmes, Hardaker	Reynolds (2)		BBC One ^[27]
12 August, 15:00	Final	Hull KR	A	Wembley Stadium	W	17–16	Lam, Briscoe	Reynolds (2) + 2 pen.), Lam 1 Drop goal	58,213	BBC One	^[28]

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Gareth O'Brien	Castleford Tigers	2 years	October 2022^[29]
Ricky Leutele	Huddersfield Giants
Tom Briscoe	Leeds Rhinos
Zak Hardaker	Leeds Rhinos
Nathan Wilde	Newcastle Thunder
Matt Davis	Warrington Wolves
Jacob Gannon
Oliver Holmes
Jack Hughes
Robbie Mulhern
Umyla Hanley	Wigan Warriors		January 2023^[30]
Frankie Halton	Hull KR

Losses

Squad

2023 Leigh Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Zak Hardaker – CE, FB 2 Tom Briscoe – WG 3 Ed Chamberlain – SR, CE 4 Ricky Leutele – CE 5 Josh Charnley – WG 6 Joe Mellor (c) – SO, HK 7 Lachlan Lam – SH 8 Tom Amone – PR 9 Edwin Ipape – HK 10 Robbie Mulhern – PR 11 Joe Wardle – SR, LF 12 Jack Hughes – SR 13 John Asiata – LF		14 Ben Nakubuwai – PR 15 Ben Reynolds – SO 16 Oliver Holmes – SR 17 Gareth O'Brien – FB, SO 18 Matt Davis – HK, LF 19 Aaron Smith – HK 20 Keanan Brand – CE 21 Jacob Jones – SR 22 Tom Nisbet – SR 23 Jacob Gannon – LF 24 Kai O'Donnell – SR 25 Nathan Wilde – LF, PR 26 Umyla Hanley – CE						Head coach Adrian Lam Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 13 January 2023 Source(s): 2023 Squad Numbers

Notes

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v t e Leigh Leopards
Established 1878 in Leigh, England
The Club	History Records Honours Player records Players Players earning international caps while at Leigh Coaches Women
Home grounds	Hilton Park Leigh Sports Village
Championships (2)	1905-06 1981–82
Challenge Cup (2)	1920–21 1970–71
Other honours	Lancashire Cup - Winners (4): 1952–53, 1955–56, 1970–71, 1981–82 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy - Winners (2): 1969-70, 1972-73 Championship Cup - Winners (4): 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013 Trans-Pennine Cup - Winners (1): 2001 RFL 1895 Cup - Winners (1): 2022 Division 2 / Championship - Winners (8): 1976–77, 1985–86, 1988–89, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022 RFL Championship Leaders' Shield - Winners (5): 2004, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022
Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Culture	NRFU Founder
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)