{"id":169957,"date":"2025-09-30T08:14:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/169957\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:14:18","slug":"super-league-team-of-the-week-as-leigh-leopards-stars-dominate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/169957\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League team of the week as Leigh Leopards stars dominate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC1_7741.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leigh Leopards\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Leigh Leopards and St Helens booked their spot in the Super League play-off semi-finals over the weekend<\/p>\n<p>St Helens pulled off one of the most dramatic victories you\u2019re likely to see as a rugby league fan as Shane Wright snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a try after the hooter to finish a move that consisted of 16 passes. They\u2019ll take on Hull KR on Saturday now for a spot at the Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>Leigh will take on Wigan Warriors on Friday after they beat Wakefield Trinity convincingly at Leigh Sports Village.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s our team of the week from the eliminator round of the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>Serious About Rugby League has launched a brand new podcast which can be watched in full on our <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jn2Bzz8-k7c?si=ZrMZgP_vp39BoPgT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Super League team of the week<\/p>\n<p>Full-back: Bailey Hodgson (Leigh Leopards)<\/p>\n<p>Outstanding against Wakefield Trinity as his constant work rate and energy with the ball in hand contributing to exhausting the visitors on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Wing: Keanan Brand (Leigh Leopards)<\/p>\n<p>Got the first try of the night at Leigh Sports Village and demonstrated why he\u2019s one of the most improved players in Super League this year.<\/p>\n<p>Centre: Harry Robertson (St Helens)<\/p>\n<p>His effort in setting up that last try alone puts him in this team. Superb from the youngster<\/p>\n<p>Centre: Tesi Niu (Leigh Leopards)<\/p>\n<p>A powerhouse showing on the left edge. Didn\u2019t get his rewards in good ball but never stopped pushing.<\/p>\n<p>Wing: Jon Bennison (St Helens)<\/p>\n<p>Controversy surrounds it but it\u2019s his try that brought St Helens back into the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Half-back: Jake Connor (Leeds Rhinos)<\/p>\n<p>Excellent for a huge period but his efforts came in defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Half-back: Lachlan Lam (Leigh Leopards)<\/p>\n<p>Sent out a real statement just days after failing to make it into the Dream Team and onto the Man of Steel shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>Prop: Joe Ofahengaue (Leigh Leopards)<\/p>\n<p>Arguably his best showing yet as he continues to excel through the middle in leopard print.<\/p>\n<p>Hooker: Edwin Ipape (Leigh Leopards)<\/p>\n<p>Made the Leopards tick with his energy around the ruck to prevent Wakefield from building up any line speed whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>Prop: Shane Wright (St Helens)<\/p>\n<p>Scored the try that will be talked about for decades to come. It didn\u2019t come as a prop but he had to be included somehow.<\/p>\n<p>Second row: Curtis Sironen (St Helens)<\/p>\n<p>A strong showing from the Australian, who still doesn\u2019t have a deal announced for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Second row: James McDonnell (Leeds Rhinos)<\/p>\n<p>Showed why he was included in the Dream Team with another really impressive performance in the back-row. He might just be in with a shout of booking a spot in Shaun Wane\u2019s England squad, too.<\/p>\n<p>Loose forward: Isaac Liu<\/p>\n<p>A man of the match showing from the loose-forward who was simply sensational against the Trin.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759084633_634_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leigh Leopards and St Helens booked their spot in the Super League play-off semi-finals over the weekend St&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-169957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}