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Leigh Centurions vs Batley Bulldogs: 21-man squads, kick-off time and TV details

Super League awaits. Leigh Centurions and Batley Bulldogs are both 80 minutes away from the top tier as they meet in the Championship Grand Final, the Million Pound Game.

Leigh host the game having finished top only losing one league fixture all season and not losing since they only just came up short against Hull KR in the Challenge Cup. Since then, they’ve won the 1895 Cup, overtaken Featherstone at the top of the Championship, won the League Leaders’ Shield and eased their way to the Grand Final where they are overwhelming favourites.

They’re taking on the ultimate underdogs, the Bulldogs. One of the league’s lowest spenders, Batley defied the odds to make it to the semi-finals for a second year in a row, but now are 80 minutes away from Super League after shocking Featherstone last week. Can they go all the way?

Squad news:

Leigh Centurions

Leigh’s squad is as strong as it gets with some real star players included in the Adrian Lam’s squad including his son Lachlan and Championship Player of the Year Edwin Ipape as well as runner up John Asiata.

Caleb Aekins
Keanan Brand
Nene Macdonald
Ben Reynolds
Joe Mellor
Adam Sidlow
Aaron Smith
Mark Ioane
Joe Wardle
Sam Stone
Tom Amone
Ed Chamberlain
Jacob Jones
John Asiata
Edwin Ipape
Krisnan Inu
Kai O’Donnell
Ben Nakubuwai
Blake Ferguson
Josh Charnley
Lachlan Lam

Batley Bulldogs

Batley meanwhile have also named a strong squad as you’d expect with standout names like Leeds Rhinos target Luke Hooley, winger Jonny Campbell and halfback Tom Gilmore. But do they have the quality needed to win?

Luke Blake
Joshua Hodson
Greg Johnson
James Meadows
Martyn Reilly
Perry Whiteley
Kieran Buchanan
Jonny Campbell
Ben White
Tom Gilmore
Adam Gledhill
Alistar Leak
Dane Manning
Lucas Walshaw
James Brown
Luke Hooley
Michael Ward
Goerge Senior
Dale Mortin
Ben Kaye
Nyle Flynn

Kick-off time and TV details

The game kicks off at 18:30.

TV coverage starts at 17:45 on Premier Sports 1.

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