Wigan 10 – 18 Catalans

Catalans Dragons laid down a marker with their victory over Wigan Warriors

Manu Ma’u scored twice as an understrength Catalans Dragons side secured a huge 18-10 victory over the Wigan Warriors, their first at the DW Stadium in 12 years.

Despite missing eight starting players, it was the Dragons who were in control in the first half, an early try from Manu Ma’u in the sixth minute, plus one for Arthur Romano in the corner after 33 minutes giving them some clear control.

A penalty conversion from Adam Keighran made it 12-0 for the visitors but a sin-binning for Ma’u just before half-time for a late shot on Cade Cust gave the Warriors their only points of the half as Harry Smith converted the penalty to make it 12-2 at the break.

The Dragons were made to immediately pay for the yellow card just four minutes into the second half as Smith went over in the 44th minute, a penalty then reducing the deficit to 12-10 with just over 20 minutes to play.

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Catalan Dragons’ Manu Ma’u secures the opening try to take the lead against the Wigan Warriors.

However, Catalans fought back through Ma’u once again on 62 minutes as he pounced on a Tyrone May kick, Keighran adding the extras to secure an 18-10 victory and put the French side at the top of the Super League table.

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