Sunday, 27 January 2019

Tierney hat-trick sees off spirited TOxii

Sam Tomkins continued to hit the ground running as Dragons beat Toulouse on Friday evening at the Stade Gilbert Brutus.

Steve McNamara had picked his strongest available side and was rewarded as the Dracs raced out of the blocks.

David Mead continued his hot streak (which goes back to last season) and crossed within the first ten minutes.

The flood gates opened and by the interval the Dragons were 22 points to  0 ahead. Lewis Tierney had helped himself to three tries of his own.

The second half was less of an occasion with numerous substitutions and changes.

As with last week the Dragons were undone by their visitors and TOxii were back to one score before the end of the match.

It was a decent hit out and decent for the crowd to see a close encounter. Although I am sure they would have preferred an easy Catalans win. However, two years ago we managed to lose this game so progress is being made, I suppose.

On to snowy Yorkshire (if the Countryfile forecast is to be believed) this Friday and the big kick off.

Catalans Dragons (22) 22
T : David Mead, Lewis Tierney 3
G : Sam Tomkins 3
Toulouse Olympique (0) 18
T : Stan Robin, Gavin Marguerite, Paul Marcon
G : Mark Kheirallah 3