Leigh Centurions are delighted to confirm that Jake Emmitt has signed a one year contract extension with the Club up until November 2018.

A Welsh international core forward he originally played for Leigh on dual registration from St Helens in 2010 earning Heritage Number 1332. He then returned to the Club after spells at Castleford and Salford. In playing for Leigh, Jake followed in the footsteps of his late grandfather Lionel Emmitt (HN683) who made his debut on the wing for Leigh in 1959 after signing from Blackpool Borough.

Jake, 27, capped an outstanding season back with the Centurions by being voted Touchdown Club Player of the Year in 2014. Continuing his fine, consistent form Jake was voted Player of the Year by both Super-Leigh Lottery and LCTV in 2015 after another stand-out campaign.

To date he has made 74 appearances for the Club with 13 tries and one goal.

Leigh Centurions Head Coach Paul Rowley said: “I am very pleased that Jake has signed a new deal to stay at the Club. I know he is popular amongst the fans and equally within the team.

“He's been a very valuable and consistently high performer for us and has been very loyal and trusting to myself. He is a pleasure to coach, a quality player and, more importantly, a quality person.”

Leigh Centurions Owner Derek Beaumont said: “Jake is one of those players that go unnoticed by a lot of people but never his opposition. I recall when Ashton Sims was ‘miked’ up for the Challenge Cup game and went over to Jake asking him where he got that engine.

“Jake is ever present in the Club end of year awards ceremonies which is testament to his popularity. He is a really nice guy and always extremely polite and professional and I am proud to have him in our team as he is an extremely valuable part of Rolls’ squad.”

Brilliant news. Jake was my player of the year in 2015. None stop worker, every team needs a emmitt type player, without him people like brierly/mcnally would not look as good.

Agree about Jake being our Player of the Year last season. He was fantastic.

Another player who came to us unhappy in his rugby and has flourished at Leigh under Paul Rowley.

Brilliant that he has extended his contract and if he can keep performing like he did last season then it should be another big year for Jake.

Well done to the club.

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Lintle was right about you Hokey.

Brilliant news. Not sure about him being player of the year (though that's down to how good some of the other players were) but think he's definitely the most improved player from going full time. Went from being a good squad player to the first forward on the team sheet. Was incredible last season, looking forward to see how he goes this year.

A very good sign seeing our players being offered stability with long term contracts as it helps with the long term planning for the club and also sends out a good message that hard work will be rewarded.
On the field it helps look after the short term plans.