Our attack in the first half was outstanding and Neil Turley is only going to get

"Our attack in the first half was outstanding and Neil Turley is only going to get better."Leigh Centurions: Turley; Hadcroft, Anderson, Fairclough, Jones; Svabic, Bretherton; Leatham, Hamilton, Whittle, Baldwin, Morley, Bristow. Substitutes used: Kendrick, Norman, Duffy, Bradbury.Swinton Lions: English;, Mead, Nanyn, Loughlin, Hudson; Waring, Peet; Neil, Barrowclough, Hansen, Cushion, Smith, Veivers. Substitutes used: Cheetham, Doherty, Napolitanio, Stazicker.Referee: P Taberner (Wigan).. Martin Johnson's appeal against his five-week ban for stamping and the one-week suspension for a punch is likely to be held before the end of the week. The structure and date of the appeal is due to be announced later today. Martin Johnson's appeal against his five-week ban for stamping and the one-week suspension for a punch is likely to be held before the end of the week.

The structure and date of the appeal is due to be announced later today. The Leicester and England captain was found guilty of three charges of foul play after being cited by Saracens following their Tetley's Bitter Cup match and received a one-week ban for punching the Saracens prop Julian White, four weeks for a knee drop and five weeks for stamping on the London club's fly-half Duncan McRae.While Johnson is not contesting the knee drop, he and Leicester will be hoping to at least reduce the sentence for the stamping, which would leave him free to appear in the Heineken Cup quarter-final the week before he is expected to take the field for England against Wales in Cardiff.Wales could find themselves without two key men for that match following a flurry of citings involving Llanelli and Swansea. The Scarlets cited fly-half Arwel Thomas for a punch on lock Craig Gillies, who subsequently needed 10 stitches; the All Whites then countered with two citings. The Wales lock Chris Wyatt and flanker Mike Buckingham have been accused of illegal use of the boot on Swansea players.It does not get any better for Llanelli. Tonight their Wales A flanker Ian Boobyer appears at a Welsh Rugby Union disciplinary hearing charged with stamping during a Welsh-Scottish league match against Newport last month.

If Boobyer is found guilty, he faces a four-week ban which would rule him out of the remainder of the Scarlets' Heineken Cup programme.* Zinzan Brooke has resigned as head coach of Harlequins, currently second bottom of the Zurich Premiership. "Although the side has turned in a number of fine performances this season, the results in the Premiership have not been acceptable," said Brooke "As head coach I have to take responsibility for that.". Zinzan Brooke has parted company with Harlequins just six days before their Tetley's Bitter Cup semi-final tie against the Zurich Premiership leaders Leicester. Zinzan Brooke has parted company with Harlequins just six days before their Tetley's Bitter Cup semi-final tie against the Zurich Premiership leaders Leicester. A statement issued by Quins yesterday said that the 35-year-old Brooke had offered his resignation but, given the timing of the decision, there is certainly the suggestion of a helping hand as he jumped.The departure of the legendary All Black No 8 is no real surprise since Harlequins have entered the new year in 11th place, just nine points ahead of the Premiership newcomers Rotherham and a worrying 12 points adrift of the rest of the Premiership."Although the side has turned in a number of fine performances this season, the results in the Premiership have not been acceptable," said Brooke, who is one of the most capped All Blacks with 58 appearances for his country between 1987 and 1997. "As head coach I have to take responsibility for that."I feel the time has come for a new voice - at certain times in sport a change is needed to break a team out of a pattern and I think that is the situation we are in at Quins."Brooke took over the coaching at The Stoop in March 1998 and, although Quins finished 10th that year, the following season he guided them into fourth place. Last year Quins dropped to 10th again.But, having joined as player-coach on a two-year deal worth in excess of £200,000, Brooke's commitment to the Quins cause could not be doubted, because when renegotiating his contract last February he reportedly took a pay cut which brought him back to a salary of around £80,000 as head coach.Mark Evans, Quins' chief executive, takes over from Brooke and, for the time being at least, Brooke's assistant Richard Hill, stays in the role. It is likely that only a turnaround in the club's fortunes would prevent the former England scrum-half following Brooke out of The Stoop's gates later this season."Zinzan has given the job 100 per-cent commitment and the players remained solidly behind him throughout," Evans said.