16 -6 at half time Solomona try Drinkwater conv.

Broncos assistant coach Joe Grima was disappointed to see his side's cup challenge ended so soon, but was still able to take positives from the game.

"It's not often in rugby league that you will score 24 points and get beat, but that's probably where the London Broncos are at the moment," he said.

"There was a period in the second half where the Catalans scored three back-to-back tries, which really hurt us.

"That probably shows where the Catalan Dragons are too. They've played particularly well in the last four weeks and that was probably typified by us scoring 24 points, yet still not winning the game.

"At half-time the team were incredibly confident they could get a result, given where they were situated and the opportunities that had been given to them, particularly in the last eight minutes of the first half."

Despite giving away 40 points to their opponents, the manner in which Catalan's tries were scored was a source of some comfort for Grima.

He said: "The majority of the Catalan tries were scored on our edges or through broken play. Any coach will tell you right the way from under-eights up that it's better to concede tries out there than in the middle.

"We did that tonight. Over the coming weeks we now have to get our edges as solid as our middles."

You are probably right. But let's wait and see how the team goes against Wakefield, Bradford, Hull KR and Widnes. I am not predicting a win in any of these games, but it could happen.

London buying Jamal Fakir, even if overweight, would have improved the prospects by 50%. But that is water under the bridge now.

Catalans were crap. They had a squad meeting (which involved flying back from the UK when they had planned and booked to stay all week BTW) and a number of grievances were aired and a lot of straight talking happened. One of the outcomes was Fakir was told he'd be in the 2nd grade for the rest of the season.........Catalans have since started to turn around their season......they will finish in the play-offs at a canter.
Bradford are welcome to him.......he is a liability who would have been happy to hide behind our defeats and steal a salary.

Prettt sure catalan will start stringing some results together, especially at home, its a pretty challenging place for most teams to play.
of course we have em again in a couple
Of weeks at the hive.
fakir, surprised that we did not go for him

Im sure we did. I don't think we had any other option if we are serious about avoiding relegation. We may have offered him more money than Bradford but he knows we will not be here in 2015 whereas Bradford probably will be.