{"id":351182,"date":"2026-01-04T05:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/351182\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T05:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:50:15","slug":"leigh-leopards-owner-derek-beaumont-reveals-club-achieved-2025-target-despite-trophyless-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/351182\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Leopards owner Derek Beaumont reveals club achieved 2025 target despite trophyless season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leigh Leopards owner Derek Beaumont has revealed the one achievement he wanted to tick off in 2025, and despite not winning a trophy, he has done just that.<\/p>\n

In fact, he completed his goal after the first round of the Super League season, as his Leigh side defeated local rivals Wigan Warriors for the first time since their rebrand in 2023.<\/p>\n

Under their previous moniker, the Centurions, they defeated the Warriors in 2017 in a high-scoring affair, with their last victory before that coming in 1984.<\/p>\n

Beaumont, who took control of the club in 2014, spoke to Wigan councillor Chris Ready on the \u2018Ready and Willing Podcast\u2019<\/a> to discuss life as the Leopards owner, and it was there that he revealed his sole 2025 ambition for the club.<\/p>\n

The Leigh owner revealed that, on a warm weather training camp in Lanzarote in pre-season, he held a conversation to the playing group where they all discussed their hopes and ambitions for the upcoming year.<\/p>\n

However, it wasn\u2019t silverware on the 54-year-old\u2019s mind, but getting the victory over their closest rivals.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe spoke about our goals, our cultures as clubs do and I always give my expectation of what I want us to achieve as a group and what the carrot is for doing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, I literally said I want to do one thing we\u2019ve not done as Leopards. There\u2019s only one thing we\u2019ve not achieved in terms of [winning] against other teams and that\u2019s beat Wigan.\u00a0We\u2019ve not beat Wigan in three years as Leigh Leopards and everyone else we\u2019d seen that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew, and Rads [Kris Radlinski] and Waney [Shaun Wane] have told me that they see us as a threat, so they bring that Grand Final mentality when they play us. I take that as a compliment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said to the boys out there \u2013 I just want us to achieve that this year. Let\u2019s just get the Wigan one off our back because, if we do it in round one, everybody will get some belief.<\/p>\n

\u201cWigan are a machine that, if you\u2019re going to beat them, play them earlier in the season, but they brought everything\u2026 It was unreal for a round one game of rugby, and it was what the sport needed to elevate the season.<\/p>\n

In one of the best games of the 2025 season,<\/a> Leigh edged out the Warriors in a 1-0 thriller, with Gareth O\u2019Brien\u2019s drop goal in golden point being the moment that finally separated the two sides.<\/p>\n

Whilst it wasn\u2019t pretty, Beaumont thought it was a perfect way to start the year. He said: \u201cIt\u2019s not going to attract the neutral, but anybody who watches and knows rugby, that was just purism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leigh would go on to get their second win of the year over Wigan, as they won 18-8 in the reverse fixture. However, it would be the Cherry and Whites who got the last laugh in 2025, as they knocked out Beaumont\u2019s Leigh in the semi-finals, denying them of their first ever place at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Check out the latest episode of The Serious About Rugby League Show on our YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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