Warrington

Stefan Ratchford, Matty Russell, Peta Hiku, Ryan Atkins, Tom Lineham, Declan Patton, Kevin Brown, Chris Hill, Daryl Clark, Ashton Sims, Benjamin Jullien, Jack Hughes, Ben Westwood

Subs: George King, Andre Savelio, Joe Philbin, Morgan Smith

Cooper out with injury. Not expected to be significant. So will return soon.

Crowd, sp.

Are the Catalans games shown on any French channels?

Wasn't expecting this. Come on!

Quite in the ground today, except when we score ofcourse. Or it could be that Hicks is letting them lay on so long everyone as fallen asleep.

Any news on Clark's injury, it didn't look to good.

"The dragons supporters would have had a better time going to Blackpool for the day" - Ray French

Good opportunity to get the points difference up here.
I fear for the Dragons with Steve Mac in charge, think it would be a real shame if they were to go down.

Re Tierney, and that's why you play to the whistle..

One of the worse reffed games ive watched.

I couldn't agree more I'm not one for bagging ref's but that was beyond poor, just bizarre

We were wondering if he had been told to ignore everything and just let them play, unless it was dangerous or really obvious. That said, he let some quite dangerous stuff go too. You are right, the whole game was bizarre!

Not sure Saturday afternoons will catch on. The crowd did fill out once the football finished, but I know a lot of people who usually go who couldn't because of work, amateur games and footy. All reasons why Sunday afternoons worked!

Huge, huge, huge culture change needed at Catalan. Mac banana may be able to improve that given his time in the NRL. I get the impression the players do what they want, when they want and the owner had too much input into things he shouldn't given his skill set.. It's not something he can change overnight. I hope he can, I'd like a strong Catalan and French game in general (throw in Toulouse, Avignon, Carcasonne and Villenueve for me too).

Bit of a strange game I thought. Catalan looked strong down the middle and ran the ball hard, but there was little French flair from them. Patton was excellent with his attacking kicks but then didn't seem to make use of the wind to gain field position, and his HB partner Brown went AWOl. All he seemed to do was pass the ball down the line - except for that nice little chip kick for Hiku's try at the end. Lineham took his opportunities but his marking and defence was really poor. Julien looked pretty jaded to me. I suppose this long run of games he has had is gradually wearing him down but hopefully will put him in good stead for next year. Ratch looked classy and Morgan Smith was good value with his tackling and quick passing. If I was greedy I would have to say that I would like Smith to show a bit of his attacking moves as well.

And then there was the reffing, which was nothing short of laughable. Just as well we had the game in the bag.

That's the thing. They're not a French team. There's a awful lot of auz / English influence on the team recently and McNamara isn't exactly famous for his dynamic. Need to sort themselves out as they'll end up going from everyone's 2nd favourite team to everyone's favourite team in the championship!

Sorry Chaz a bit harsh on Patton and Brown, I thought Patton took the line on Brown actually put in a defensive stint. I agree with your summation elsewhere another positive contribution from Smith he tackles well for a guy his size quite fearless