DESPITE falling to defeat to Leigh Centurions in the Arriva Trains Cup, Chorley Lynx can take many positives from the game.

In the first half they showed their more illustrious opponents too much respect but the second half was a different story as Lynx dominated much of the half and actually outscoring Leigh by three tries to two.

Both sides started brightly but it was Leigh who struck first with a Leroy Rivett try after good work by Sean Richardson. Leigh were dominating possession and increased their lead in the 11th minute with a fine solo try from Dale Cardoza who left the Lynx defence trailing from the halfway line, John Duffy adding the conversion.

Worse was to follow for Lynx four minutes later when John Duffy chipped over the Lynx defence for Paul Rowley to touch down under the posts with Duffy again adding the conversion.

Lynx then had their best spell of the half, but despite two tap penalties on the Leigh line, they were unable to break through the Leigh defence. Lynx continued to press and were rewarded in the 22nd minute with a try from Simon Smith converted by John Braddish. This was as good as it got for Lynx in the half as Leigh hit them with two further tries from John Duffy and Willie Swann, both converted by Duffy to leave Leigh with a 28-6 half time advantage.

The second half saw Lynx have all the early pressure, but the nearest they came was in the 47th minute when Tim Street was held just short of the try line. Lynx were caught on the break in the 53rd minute when Sean Richardson was again the provider, this time for Bryan Henare to touch down.

Leigh sealed the game with a second try for Leroy Rivett to give them a 32 point advantage. Lynx however, continued to take the game to Leigh and were rewarded with three tries from Tim Street, Mike Briggs and Marlon Miller with a conversion from John Braddish to give them some reward for some enterprising rugby.

LEIGH CENTURIONS...38 CHORLEY LYNX...20