Leigh Sports Village
LEIGH GENESIS, LEIGH CENTURIONS RLFC, BLACKBURN ROVERS RESERVES
Leigh Sports Village was officially opened in May 2009, being the Home of Leigh Centurions Rugby League club and Leigh Genesis played season 2009/10 at the stadium before moving to Crilly Park to groundshare with Atherton Laburnum Rovers, Blackburn Rovers Reserves have played Home games at the stadium since the 2009/10 season
Tuesday 28th July 2009. Leigh Genesis entertained a Blackburn Rovers XI to mark the association of the clubs, The Rovers side was mainly young up and coming players , who more than matched their opposition, They eased to a comfortable 2 0 win with a brace from Junior Hoilett. Gary Flitcroft was the manager of Leigh Genesis at that time with Matt Jansen as first team coach , Both former Rovers.
LEIGH: Drench, Haworth (sub Ross 57mins), King, Munroe, Smith (sub Settle 57mins), Heald (sub Whitham 70mins), Dorney, Flitcroft (sub Burns 70mins), C.Baguley (sub Sephton 57mins), Stepien, J.Baguley (sub Ince 62mins)
Subs not used: Dykes, Green
BLACKBURN: Brown (sub Fielding 71mins), Marrow, Olsson (sub Jones 76mins), Khizanishvili (sub Flynn 71mins), Gunning, Judge (sub Morrissey 76mins), Doran (sub Haworth 73mins), Gallagher (sub Lowe 71mins), Blackman, Hoilett (sub Santa Cruz 73mins), van Heerden (sub Marshall 71mins)
Scorers: Hoilett 2 (Rovers)
Booked:
Referee: Peter Wright
Attendance: 403
LEIGH: Drench, Haworth (sub Ross 57mins), King, Munroe, Smith (sub Settle 57mins), Heald (sub Whitham 70mins), Dorney, Flitcroft (sub Burns 70mins), C.Baguley (sub Sephton 57mins), Stepien, J.Baguley (sub Ince 62mins)
Subs not used: Dykes, Green
BLACKBURN: Brown (sub Fielding 71mins), Marrow, Olsson (sub Jones 76mins), Khizanishvili (sub Flynn 71mins), Gunning, Judge (sub Morrissey 76mins), Doran (sub Haworth 73mins), Gallagher (sub Lowe 71mins), Blackman, Hoilett (sub Santa Cruz 73mins), van Heerden (sub Marshall 71mins)
Scorers: Hoilett 2 (Rovers)
Booked:
Referee: Peter Wright
Attendance: 403