Leigh had Wigan on the back foot initially and after Adam Cook put them ahead with a straightforward penalty, the Leopards delivered the opening try in the 13th minute through Innes Senior. It was the Leigh wing’s tenth try of the season from a slick assist by centre Andy Badrock, recalled from his loan with Widnes Vikings.

But they were left kicking themselves after switching off in defence to allow man of the match Field to show his scorching pace three minutes before half-time with a breakaway try.

It was quick thinking as well as quick feet from the Wigan full-back who raced 80 metres through a dozy Leigh defence after tapping a penalty.

Four minutes into the second half French gave Wigan the lead with Leigh again contributing to their own downfall. Jack Hughes’ offload attempt to Gareth O’Brien went to ground allowing Wigan wing Hodkinson to pick up the loose ball and feed French who went over.

Another offload error from Lazarus Vaalepu in the 51st minute as French drove him back in the tackle saw Eckersley intercept and speed in from halfway for his 22nd try of the season.

Then a poor pass from Owen Trout presented Wigan with the position to strike just before the hour and they took it with some terrific handling as Hodkinson scored in the corner from Eckersley’s tip pass.

Harry Smith added two goals for Wigan with Adam Keighran ruled out because of a groin injury.

Wigan’s defence did the rest as the visitors closed out victory with room to spare.

Leigh: O’Brien; Armstrong, Badrock, Hanley, Senior; Cook, Lam; Ofahengaue, Horne, Liu, Trout, Hughes, Brogan.

Interchanges: Mulhern, Vaalepu, Alick-Wiencke, Davis.

Wigan: Field; Hodkinson, Eckersley, Wardle, Marshall; French, Smith; Harvard, O’Neill, Thompson, Walters, Partington, Ellis.

Interchanges: Mago, Kerr, O’Loughlin, O’Connor.

Referee: Chris Kendall.

Betfred Super League

Leeds (18) 46

Tries: Connor 2, Oledzki, Holroyd, McDonnell, Newman, Croft, Lumb Goals: Connor 7

Toulouse (0) 0

Leeds Rhinos maintained their two-point cushion at the Super League summit as they thrashed a depleted Toulouse side 46-0 at Headingley.

Jake Connor lit up a stodgy first half, scoring the opener and teeing up Mikolaj Oledzki before his interception laid the foundations for Tom Holroyd’s score shortly before half-time.

The table-toppers looked sharper after the break with James McDonnell, Harry Newman and Connor’s second taking Rhinos 34 points clear.

Brodie Croft and Riley Lumb crossed in the final quarter, while Connor capped an impressive display with seven goals from eight attempts to finish with 22 points.

A 10th win from 10 on home turf this season keeps Leeds ahead of second-placed Wigan after their victory at Leigh.

More to follow.

Leeds: Miller; Lumb, McCormack, Bird, Newman; Croft, Connor; Oledzki, O’Connor, Jenkins, Hankinson, McDonnell, Watkins.

Interchanges: Smith, Lloyd, Cassell, Holroyd.

Toulouse: Polselli; Laguerre, Tropis, Quai-Ward, Ulberg; Collin, Rouge; Butler, Marion, Belmas, O’Kane, Jassaume, Cator.

Interchanges: Garrigues, Chan, Toleafoa, Wallace.

Referee: Tara Jones.

The medal ceremony was just under an hour later.

Morris had heard her victories played out for GB with a different anthem but she looked to be overcome when celebrating this one with the Welsh national song.

No time to immediately reflect on what she had just achieved though.

There was a quick chance for a picture with the Welsh flag and then off it was to the next task.

The scratch race started just 10 minutes later where Morris lined up with Welsh team-mates Megan Barker and Carys Lloyd.

It looked like they had concocted an almost perfect plan with Barker going off a few laps out and Morris driving through to finish second behind Australian winner Georgia Baker.

A gold and a silver all in one day. Or so we thought.

Morris had already done some interviews celebrating this fact before she was given the message in the media mixed zone about her demotion.

Morris had been relegated for entering the sprinter’s lane when her New Zealand opponent was already there and Scottish cyclist Erin Boothman was promoted to bronze.

Morris returned to do a couple more interviews, ironically, while the scratch closing ceremony was going on.

Morris reflected on her golden moment.

“It was just a dream,” said Morris. “We get that opportunity once every four years, so for it to come together tonight was amazing.

“I have my family and friends in the crowd and the support team from Welsh Cycling were also there.

“I’m going to carry that with me forever, it’s amazing.”

Morris seemed unaware of her dominance in the race.

“It was only when I crossed the line I knew I’d won the race,” said Morris.

“I focused on my ride and tried to execute it well and really leave it all out on the track.”

It had been a day of mixed emotions and when asked to sum up her feelings about the scratch race, Morris was whisked off so we will have to wait for that verdict.

So, disappointment to finish the day but that should not take away from her pursuit domination and golden moment.

Morris is a world champion for a reason and she proved why.

Wales cycling have two special world-class talents in Finucane and Morris.