Rugby Leigh Centurions

It is easy to understand why former Great Britain scrum-half Alex Murphy achieved legendary status as a coach at Leigh. Player/coach Murphy, guided the Lancashire club to the Challenge Cup final at Wembley in 1971 as well as a 24-7 success over Leeds before resigning to take charge at Warrington.

Then, 11 years later, this time as full-time coach, he steered the Hilton Park club to only their second League title indeed their last major success.

Leigh Centurions' first Championship triumph came in 1906, 11 years after Leigh's formation, and they followed it up with the first of their two Cup successes in 1921, when they overcame Halifax 13-0 in the final.

However, when the Super League era came into existence in the 1990s, Leigh were in the Second Division and it was not until 2001, under Paul Terzis, that Leigh started to become contenders for promotion.

That year they finished nine points clear at the top of the Northern Ford Premiership and claimed the Trans-Pennine Cup as well, but they were defeated in the play-off semi-finals.

However, Leigh did finally make it to the Super League, in 2004, when they beat Whitehaven in the National League One Grand Final 32-16.

Their stay did not last long, though, as they won just two games all season and were relegated after just one campaign at the top.