Legendary boxing announcer Michael Buffer emcees Super League opener.. and witnesses historic, never-before-seen result

GARETH O’BRIEN was Leigh's aureate lad aft Super League’s large physique up was near virtually pointless.

Not adjacent Michael Buffer could marque either broadside acceptable to rumble arsenic they amazingly battled retired a scoreless 80 minutes.

The legendary announcer reeled retired his acquainted operation arsenic conflict began erstwhile again.

But it was much similar grumbles successful the assemblage arsenic the sides mostly cancelled each different retired successful a antiaircraft slugfest.

This was the archetypal pointless 80 minutes successful the competition’s past and the archetypal lucifer without a people since a Cumbrian clash betwixt Workington and Whitehaven successful December 1993.

But aft 2 minutes 20 seconds of aureate constituent other time, O’Brien stroked implicit the victor to manus Leigh their archetypal triumph astatine Wigan successful 42 years.

Jake Wardle and Luke Thompson went adjacent arsenic Wigan started good - Leigh were clinging connected yet lone Wardle’s positioning stopped the Leopards pouncing connected a break.

Buffer whitethorn beryllium utilized to knockout blows but aft the large build-up, this ended up much similar a crippled of chess oregon a staring contest.

Super League saw past 28 seconds into the 2nd fractional arsenic Wigan’s Liam Farrell made the competition’s archetypal ever Captain’s Challenge – typically, helium lost.

The longer the crippled dragged connected scoreless, Wigan’s vexation grew and skipper Farrell was misdeed binned for kicking the shot away.

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Jai Field skipped done challenges but his effort was ruled retired by video ref Jack Smith for Liam Marshall stripping the shot from Edwin Ipape.

It ended up a farce arsenic the sides waited arsenic the stadium timepiece would not enactment but O’Brien made Leigh the archetypal 1-0 winners since Barrow bushed Hull KR successful October 1994.