Charnley double helps Leigh ease to win over Giants
Josh Charnley scored two tries on his 400th career appearance
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Leigh (20) 30
Tries: Towse 2, Senior, Lam (penalty try), Charnley 2 Goals: Cook 3
Huddersfield (10) 16
Tries: Swift, Milne, Gagai Goals: Zenon 2
Josh Charnley moved within five tries of Ryan Hall's Super League record to help secure a fourth win of the season for Leigh Leopards against Huddersfield Giants.
On his 400th appearance, Charnley's two second-half finishes took him up to 263 career Super League tries and helped the Leopards to a 30-16 victory.
His double supplemented four tries in the first half with two from AJ Towse, one from Innes Senior and a penalty try for Lachlan Lam, who was tackled high a yard from the line.
Leigh, who were bottom after losing to Warrington two matches ago, move up to eighth before the weekend's games with a second consecutive win. Defeat for Huddersfield leaves them level on points with Toulouse at the foot of the table.
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Leigh: O'Brien, Towse, Senior, Hughes, Charnley, Cook, Lam; Ofahengaue, Pape, Mulhern, Halton, Alick-Wiencke, Liu
Interchanges: Brogan, Trout, McNamara, Horne
Huddersfield: Evalds, Douglas, Gagai, Zenon, Swift, Clune, Lolohea; Rogers, Woolford, Patolo, O'Donnell, Rushton, Powell
Interchanges: Milne, King, Cozza, Russell
Referee: Marcus Griffiths