Barbara Walter‘s last words have been revealed just over eight months after she passed away at the age of 93 in December 2022.
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Leigh Leopards won their first Challenge Cup triumph in more than half a century in a thrilling final at Wembley.
Lachlan Lam's golden point drop clinched a dramatic 17-16 win over Hull KR to end 52 years of hurt. Lam, the son of Leopards head coach Adrian, made no mistake in a dramatic extra period after team-mate Gareth O’Brien spurned an earlier chance and Brad Schneider also fell short for Rovers.
Tom Briscoe’s late try left Leigh, known as the Centurions, within two minutes of victory in normal time before Matt Parcell pounced to slap down a high kick and Schneider’s nerveless conversion forced the extra period.
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It was a remarkable ending to an absorbing but error-strewn affair in which the magnitude of the occasion clearly got to both sides as they sought to end their long waits for silverware.
And all the more amazing was the sight of the leopard skin-clad Leigh staff storming onto the pitch to celebrate one of the most remarkable cup wins in the sport’s history in the first season back among the game’s elite.
In truth Leigh had always looked the better team with Rovers fortunate to emerge from a mistake-filled first period with just a two-point deficit after losing Elliot Minchella for the last 10 minutes of the half for a high tackle.
And Parcell’s late intervention – awarded after a nailbiting series of replays to determine if Kane Linnett had knocked on – might have favoured Rovers, fresh from a similar golden point escape act in their semi-final win over Wigan.
The errors continued in the early heart-stopping moments of the extra period with O’Brien, whose drop goal for Salford had relegated Rovers in 2016, inches from
Barbara Walter‘s last words have been revealed just over eight months after she passed away at the age of 93 in December 2022.
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Thousands of fans lined the streets of Leigh to give their team a hero's welcome after winning the Challenge Cup for the first time in more than half a century. Leigh Leopards secured a dramatic last gasp victory against Hull KR at Wembley Stadium on Saturday afternoon, the first time they had lifted the trophy since 1971.
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