Doncaster Rovers 2 Leigh RMI 0 By Martyn Hindley

LEIGH RMI's season went from bad to worse last night as an incident-filled game went the way of Doncaster Rovers at Belle Vue.

Steve Waywell's men were rocked as early as the second minute when central defender Iain Swan was carried off with his left ankle heavily strapped, and Rovers looked to take immediate advantage.

Then controversy surrounded Swan's replacement ChrisScott six minutes before the break when the ex-Burnley star was dismissed for violent conduct after an off-the-ball tangle.

Against such highly-rated opposition, Leigh could not have had a larger mountain to climb.

Doncaster eventually made the breakthrough when young winger Tristran Whitman scored 14 minutes from time - capitalising on an error from Durkin and crashing home off the inside of a post.

The game was killed off minutes later as the menacing Caudwell was stopped in his tracks by Dave German and Jimmy Kelly sent Felgate the wrong way from the spot.

Leigh's only attack of note was when Ian Monk cut inside from the left flank to force a top class save from Barry Richardson 10 minutes into the second half.

RMI: Felgate, German, Heald (Hallows 53), Durkin, Farrell, Swan (Scott 2), Monk, Ridings, Maamria (Reynolds 81), Black, Fisher. Subs unused: Spooner, Hayder. ATT: 2,433 Booked: German, Farrell, Maamria. Sent-off: Scott.