 | MATCH DETAILS Warrington (10) 26:
Tries: Clarke, Bridge, Fa'afili, Westwood, Kohe-Love
Goals: Briers 3 Catalans Dragons (16) 28:
Tries: Murphy 2, Bosc, Teixido, Fellous
Goals: Dobson 4 |
A gutsy second-half fightback from the Catalans Dragons gave the Super League newcomers a shock win over Warrington. The visitors went behind early on to a try from Jon Clarke but forged 16-6 ahead with touchdowns from Justin Murphy, Thomas Bosc and Lionel Teixido. Chris Bridge went over before the break to lift the Wolves, who went 26-16 up with tries from Henry Fa'afili, Ben Westwood and Toa Kohe-Love. But another try for Murphy and an Adel Fellous score gave the Dragons victory.
Warrington coach Paul Cullen: "It was a very poor effort. We started slow, invited them into a fight and we couldn't win it. "We carried too many individuals who have let us down very badly. You could see from the first set that we were going to play soft." Catalans coach Mick Potter: "There's most definitely a lot to work on. There are some very good people
and some good skill and some good character to back it up. "It was a very competent performance. Our guys looked like they were down and out midway through the second half but they showed a lot of character."
Warrington: Grose, Fa'afili, M. Gleeson, Kohe-Love, Barnett, Briers, Bridge, Leikvoll, M. Gleeson, Wood, Wainwright, Swann, Clarke.
Replacements: Sullivan, Westwood, Lima, Parker. Catalans Dragons: Bosc, Murphy, Wilson, Hughes, Verges, Rudder, Dobson, Guisset, Rinaldi, Chan, Fakir, Hindmarsh, Mounis.
Replacements: Beattie, Fellous, Berthezene, Teixido. Referee: S Ganson (St Helens).
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