LEIGH RU picked up a narrow 6-3 home win over Wilmslow on a heavy pitch saturated by overnight rain.

After an even start, Leigh began to pressurise their opponents and were awarded a simple penalty chance which was wasted when they elected to tap the ball and run instead of taking the penalty goal option.

However, Chris Lee made amends when he converted a fine touchline penalty shortly afterwards for a 3-0 lead.

A series of penalty offences by Leigh saw Wilmslow come back into the game and equalise the scores with a penalty of their own but Leigh resumed their attacking approach and Lee restored the lead with a second penalty.

Leigh went close on several occasions and were unlucky not to increase their lead before half time.

The second half became a dour struggle as the pitch cut up but Leigh had the best opportunities with strong forward drives and probing kicking from full back Lee.

The conditions got the better of both teams, however, and Leigh hung on for a deserved win.

All the pack deserve credit for a determined performance but Haste and Kendrick were particularly outstanding with C Lee and S Lee the pick of the backs.

1st XV (v Birkenhead Park, away, meet 12.30pm): C.Lee, J.Bridge, S.Lee (c), D.Derbyshire, P.Lester, P.Whitworth, C.Marsh, G.Kendrick, A.Billinge, C.Bailey, S.Haste, N.Aspinall, S.Wood, T.Cartwright, C.Whittle. Reserves: I.Wright, J.Mills, D.Penn, J.Kenwright, C.Cooney.

'A' XV (v Widnes, away, meet 1pm): P.Wynn, J.Carlisle, S.Bates, G.Hughes, K.Hilton, T.Westwell, H.Delaney, S.Holmes, S.harrison, J.Howard, A.Bowe, S.Rogers, S.Browning, A.Blackburn, D.Leck. Reserves: P.Robinson, J.Bibby.

Vets (v Widnes, home, meet 1.30pm): C.Seymore, D.Wood, S.Owen, P.Tustin, A.Thompson (c), M.Dainty, T.Sutton, J.Gould, I.Cummings, S.Taberner, K.Saunders, D.Taberner, M.Hampson, A.Norcross, I.Atkinson. Reserve: J.Pilkington.

Hawks (v Pool, meet 1.30pm): R.davies, S.Culshaw, J.Krause, R.Lawson, N.Hutchinson, M.Hilary, T.Trumble, L.Schroeder, S.Harper, S.Middlehurst, B.vernel, M.Hilton, C.Thomas, B.Wright, P.Devall. Reserves: P.Heywood, N.Greenwood.

Tofts (v Lostock, away, meet 1.30pm): J.Porteous, G.Egerton, R.McKeever, R.Isherwood, D.Leake, B.Yates, G.Miller, S.Riley, G.Butler, C.Chatterley, G.Grimshaw, G.Green, J.Ramsell, G.Vickers, I.Smith (c). Reserves: D.Phillips, P.Appleton.