Leigh Leopards branded as “minnows” in Australia as NRL clubs come knocking

Former Wigan Warriors boss Adrian Lam delivered Leigh Leopards’ first Challenge Cup since 1971 on Saturday in a great moment for rugby league.

It was the first final without Leeds Rhinos, Wigan Warriors, Warrington Wolves or St Helens since 1986 as the Leopards battled Hull KR.

In a truly dramatic encounter, the game headed to golden point after a 79th minute try from Matt Parcell.

But in golden point it was the son of Head Coach Adrian Lam, Lachlan Lam, who nailed the decisive drop goal to give Leigh the win.

This has reportedly prompted NRL interest in Adrian Lam according to the Mole of Wide World of Sports who described the Leopards as “minnows” underlining the job Lam has done through the lens of the NRL.

However, Lam said after the game that he is happy where he is at.

“Maybe one day, yeah. I think so. I’m the happiest coach in the world at the moment, too. I love my job that I do. I drive to work every morning,” he said when asked.

“I feel so happy that I’m there and I’m resigning there for another year. I don’t want to go anywhere else. It’s just, you know, some great memories are getting, it’s hard to want to think about leaving to be honest at the moment because of what they’re achieving and I don’t want to go anywhere and I don’t want to even think about it.

“If that opportunity comes up, we’ll deal with it when it does but for now, you know, I’m grateful that we’ve brought some civil way back to Leigh. It’s been a very long time. They haven’t had much to cheer about and, you know, I think, you know, imagine how happy they’re going to be on that drive back tonight or tomorrow morning and they’ve got this, something to talk about, you know, they’re saying we’re not just a bus stop anymore and all that sort of stuff.

“Yeah, just very grateful for what we have, the people around us, and we’ve just got to keep getting better as we go.”

So it seems Lam is here for the time being. In fact both Lams are at the club long term and that is bad news for Super League.