Hull Kingston Rovers 20–6 Leigh Leopards — Eliminator, 2023 Super League Finals Series
29 Sep 2023 · Sewell Group Craven Park, Hull · Attendance: 9,305
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Eliminator, 2023 Super League finals series: Hull Kingston Rovers 20–6 Leigh Leopards, at Sewell Group Craven Park, Hull on 29 Sep 2023.
Sourcing caveat: No sin bins/cards were identified in sources found. Try minutes for Hall/Luckley/Walker are approximate (reported as ~32', ~38', ~42-43' respectively, with some source variation). No captain designation was identified in the lineup source found for either team.
Scoring timeline
| 57′ | Leigh Leopards — try, Charnley |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Tries: Hall ~32'; Luckley ~38'; Walker ~42-43' Goals: Schneider (4/5 conversions) |
| Leigh Leopards | Tries: Charnley 57' Goals: Reynolds (1/2 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Leigh Leopards | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Jack Walker | Fullback | Gareth O'Brien | 17 |
| 23 | Louis Senior | Wing | Tom Briscoe | 2 |
| 3 | Tom Opacic | Centre | Oliver Gildart | 31 |
| 4 | Shaun Kenny-Dowall | Centre | Ed Chamberlain | 3 |
| 5 | Ryan Hall | Wing | Josh Charnley | 5 |
| 20 | Mikey Lewis | Five-Eighth | Ben Reynolds | 15 |
| 37 | Brad Schneider | Halfback | Lachlan Lam | 7 |
| 10 | George King | Prop | Tom Amone | 8 |
| 9 | Matt Parcell | Hooker | Edwin Ipape | 9 |
| 8 | Sauaso Sue | Prop | Robbie Mulhern | 10 |
| 16 | James Batchelor | Second Row | Jack Hughes | 12 |
| 12 | Kane Linnett | Second Row | Kai O'Donnell | 24 |
| 13 | Elliot Minchella | Lock | Joe Wardle | 11 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 7 | Jordan Abdull | Joe Mellor | 6 | |
| 14 | Jez Litten | Matt Davis | 18 | |
| 17 | Matthew Storton | Ben Nakubuwai | 14 | |
| 26 | Sam Luckley | Oliver Holmes | 16 | |
| Willie Peters | Coach | Adrian Lam | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Jack Smith |
Match report
Hull KR raced into a 14-2 half-time lead at a sold-out Craven Park, with tries from Ryan Hall, Sam Luckley and Jack Walker putting the home side firmly in control before Leigh Leopards' Josh Charnley grabbed a late consolation in the 57th minute. Brad Schneider's goal-kicking (4 from 5) gave Hull KR the cushion they needed to close the match out 20-6, sending the club through to a semi-final against Wigan Warriors and ending Leigh's season.