After a deft 40/20 kick by Lam, Charnley scored on the left to take the wing’s profession whole to 1,500 factors, together with 244 throughout his three-year spell with the Leopards and 862 for Wigan Warriors between 2010 and 2016.
O’Brien once more embellished the scoreline from a formidable distance, proving head coach Adrian Lam’s prediction right about his returning gamers being much better for a break.
Hooker Edwin Ipape, who has been a type of gamers constructing their health, joined Liu in dictating play, whereas Castleford have been hampered by shedding prop ahead Tom Amone to a twisted ankle early on.
The second half began in quieter style, with Leigh making noticeably extra unforced errors, together with two shortly after the break by Jack Hughes.
Halton virtually ended a 26-minute hole between the fourth and fifth tries however seconds later Lam performed in Alec Tuitavake to burst by at shut vary and put Leigh firmly on target for his or her largest-ever win on this fixture, eclipsing their 30-6 house victory in 2023.
Tuitavake’s strive appeared to deflate the Tigers, who conceded once more 5 minutes later after a evaluate disagreed with Castleford’s appeals that scorer Brad Dwyer had been offside when the transfer started.
Cain Robb couldn’t cease Tuitavake powering previous him from 10 yards for his second two minutes later, though Castleford swiftly scored a comfort by Tex Moy following Liam Horne’s driving run.
Hanley replied in form, surging by earlier than Lam provided one other intelligent go for Model’s second strive on the precise.
Leigh’s fourth successive win on this fixture strengthens their chase for a first-ever top-four end, and residential benefit within the play-offs, though Lam is perhaps involved concerning the absence of the influential Owen Trout by damage.
Castleford have now misplaced their previous 5 away video games and have conceded 224 factors throughout their previous 5 video games.
