Tuesday 14 May 2019

Challenge Cup holders beat Doncaster to progress

Catalans Dragons (18) 62

T : Brayden Wiliame 4, Matt Whitley 2, Jason Baitieri, David Mead 2, Fouad Yaha 2, Tony Gigot
G : Sam Tomkins, Tony Gigot 6

Doncaster (6) 6

T : Connor Bower
G : Matty Beharrell

When you consider how badly we struggled to beat York in our opening Challenge Cup appearance of last season, you can be justifiably pleased with both the performance and scoreline in this match.

First the negative in the form of an injury to Little Sam who might miss out on the Camp Nou this weekend based on reports in the media. Head Coach Steve McNamara played down the seriousness of Sam's back spasm Monday, but as the week goes on we will have to wait and see.

The positives include 12 tries including 2 for David Mead as he comes back from injury. Brayden Williame is arguably the best player in the Northern hemisphere at the moment and he helped himself to 4.

The draw hasn't been particularly kind to us with another away trip to Hull FC who beat Castleford. The UK Supporters club are getting involved with mustering Dracs fans so expect an email to drop into you inbox shortly.