LEIGH Centurions will host Dewsbury Rams on Sunday at Leigh Sports Village in a bid to reach the Kingstone Press Championship Grand Final.

The seventh-placed Rams head to the LSV for a 3pm kick-off in red hot form having dispatched Workington, 50-6, and Halifax, 25-0, from the competition.

After two close games in the league against Dewsbury, Leigh Centurions boss Paul Rowley was full of praise for the visitors.

"There are no surprises. I've said that since day one. They are a tough side and recruited really well. It is going to be a tough game for us,” he said.

"We've had some good tussles with them, but we have against most clubs in that top area.

“They have a couple of ex-Leigh boys and one who is from Leigh in Matthew Haggerty. Tommy Gallagher and Tom Hemingway played, so they will be highly motivated."

Rowley, Martyn Ridyard and Ryan Brierley have been nominated for awards at the Kingstone Press Championship dinner. which will take place next week.

Ridyard is in line to contest the Championship Player of the Season with Brierley once again lined up for the Young Player award and Rowley nominated as Coach of the Year.

"It's interesting looking on Twitter and seeing all the Yorkshire coaches backslapping each other,” added Rowley.

“It feels a bit like it's us against the world which we are very comfortable with. I think Ryan and Martyn have done very well.

“I think more players should be in there from our boys. Ryan should be in for the full player of the year too, but we aren't fussed.

“We are happy with our achievements on the field. We don't need anybody to tell us how well we've done.

"I'll be happy for the boys but I doubt that I will win mine, they don't tend to go with the team that wins."

From an internal point of view, the club held a successful awards night of their own last week with Liam Kay walking away with two honours.

He claimed the Players’ Player of the Year and Coaches’ Player of the Year. Brierley won Young Player of the Year while Ridyard carried off the awards from Leighlife.com and Leigh Centurions Players’ Association.

Ridyard and Kay tied for LISA Player of the Year, while Jake Emmitt picked up the Touchdown Club Player of the Year – a double celebration as the popular prop has also been called up to represent Wales in the European Championships.

Speaking of Kay, Rowley explained: "He's been very consistent and a ball of energy on and off the field. He adds a lot to the squad but you can quite easily say that about a number of players.

"That is why we really need to focus on ourselves, we like the mentality of it’s us against the rest.

“Sam Barlow for example has been outstanding, so has Tom Armstrong, I could just go on and on, but I also know that I wouldn't swap them for anyone else.

"We don't want to focus on awards though. It's amazing what can be achieved when no-one takes the credit!"