Warrington title hopes hit by dominant Leigh

Warrington title hopes hit by dominant LeighImage source, SWpix.comImage caption, Dave Armstrong's try for Leigh Leopards was the pick of his side's four against Warrington WolvesByMatthew CresswellBBC Sport England, AtHill Dickinson StadiumPublished4 July 2026, 19:32 BST34 CommentsUpdated 12 minutes agoBetfred Super League Magic WeekendLeigh (14) 24Tries: Niu, Armstrong, Ipape, Hanley Goals: Cook 4Warrington (0) 6Tries: Sneyd Goals: IrwinLeigh Leopards dented Warrington's Super League title hopes with an emphatic victory on the first day of Magic Weekend.Tries from Tesi Niu, David Armstrong, Edwin Ipape and Umyla Hanley helped an impressive Leigh cruise to an eighth win in 10 games to close in on the top six.But the damaging loss meant the second-placed Wolves missed the chance of moving level on points with leaders Leeds.Warrington, without 10 players through injury including captain George Williams, Josh Thewlis and Toby King, were smothered at Hill Dickinson Stadium, only scoring through Marc Sneyd's converted try with just two minutes left in the game.They remain second in the standings, but could drop to third depending on the result between Wigan Warriors and St Helens in the showpiece event's final game on Sunday evening.Hull KR overcome Hull FC in Magic Weekend derby Published3 hours agoYork seal vital victory over bottom club HuddersfieldPublished5 hours agoIn front of the watching Andy Burnham, the former MP for Leigh and now Makerfield, the Leopards shifted the ball to the left and Niu skipped inside before powering over to open the scoring in the fifth minute. Adam Cook kicked the conversion.Warrington scrum-half Sneyd's careless goalline drop-out landed out on the full shortly after, allowing Cook to add a simple two more points bang in front of the sticks with the penalty.A fantastic offload from Hanley then set Armstrong in the clear near halfway, and the Australian raced past opposite full-back Ewan Irwin to dive over i...