Leigh Leopards have picked up another injury blow amid a wave of players closing in on a return and so Adrian Lam has challenged his side to truly kickstart their season.
Victory over Huddersfield Giants marked the club’s second consecutive win this season, the first time they’ve managed that in Super League in 2026, and Lam has now challenged his side to make it three when they travel to take on Catalans next week.
Despite their torrid start that saw them rooted to the foot of the table at one point, Leigh only remain two points outside the top six as it stands and a win next week over Catalans, who currently sit two points ahead with a game in hand, could help close the gap even further.
One man who may not be making the journey to Perpignan is Robbie Mulhern with the prop limping off inside ten minutes with a recurrence of a calf injury that ruled him out last week.
“He’s done something to his calf but we’ll have to wait and see what that is,” Adrian Lam confirmed in his post-match presser, shared on the club’s YouTube channel.
“I’ve got no idea what level that is going to be until we get a scan. We’ll probably know more tomorrow (Friday) at some stage.”
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Leigh Leopards squad set to be bolstered despite latest injury
Whilst Mulhern is an obvious loss, it comes at a time when Leigh are starting to get bodies back with Andrew Badrock the only senior long-term injury.
Star full-back David Armstrong returned in the reserves last night, something Lam pointed to as a reason to be excited as well as the host of other returning players.
He confirmed: “David Armstrong played in the reserves as a curtain raiser and scored a great try. He was buzzing after that he’s back. It’s a long time when you’re injured with such a horrific injury as a knee reconstruction.
“He was buzzing and he’ll come into contention, whether it’s next week or the week after, or the week after that. It’s good that he’s back in the picture.
“Other players like Umyla Hanley and Tesi Niu will be back next week for that game so I’m pretty excited.”
Despite losing Mulhern, the fact so many others are returning gives the Leopards options both on game-day but also in training, as Lam explained: “I think just having more players at training would help. Some weeks we’ve had single figures on the field, which has been a real challenge.
“We’re coming towards the end of that now, it’s not there yet, but the players that are there had a great win tonight at home and if we can go away next week and take on Catalans and get a win, it will be three in a row and the confidence will certainly come back.
“I think we’ll only be two points outside of the six after this week which is incredible considering the run we’ve had. Luckily other teams are beating each other, so we’re not far off.”
