Leigh Leopards boss makes ‘harsh reality’ point after what happened vs Wakefield Trinity

Leigh Leopards may have claimed their ninth win of the Super League season at the weekend but Adrian Lam feels as though they still have plenty of improvement in them.

The Leopards edged out Wakefield Trinity 24-20 at Belle Vue, with the hosts battling back from being 18-6 down to make it a tight contest. However, Leigh had enough to see the game out, with a brace of tries coming from David Armstrong, while Darnell McIntosh and Joe Ofahengaue also got over the line.

The result was enough to see Lam’s side consolidate fourth spot, with a three-point gap now separating themselves and the chasing pack, led by St Helens. As such, they’re in the driving seat as they push for a spot in the play-offs and the head coach probably couldn’t have wished for more than that at this stage of the season.

However, Lam is adamant in his belief that his squad are only performing at a level that can be considered to be below their best. That’s because the Leopards left the door open for Wakefield to come back into the game on Sunday, instead of putting them to the sword and making their early dominance pay.

The head coach wants to see his side make strides forward then and he believes Leigh’s next step is to eliminate some silly errors.

Leigh Leopards boss gives ‘six out of 10’ take

“I thought we were courageous and resilient,” Lam said after the win over Wakefield, per BBC. “Even though we were our own worst enemy, we found a way to win off the back of that.

“We’re a six out of 10 at the minute and some fans might think that’s harsh, but that’s the reality. There’s so much more improvement left. We brought Wakefield into the game with some of our actions.

“We led 18-6 and that should have been the game, but we’ve just got to get rid of a couple of things we’re doing in games to bring opposition teams back in – but that’s an easy fix.”

Leigh head to the south of France to face Catalans Dragons this weekend and, given Catalans’ woeful form of late, they’ll be overwhelming favourites to claim yet another result.