Wolves score late to deny Dragons
THE battle of two clubs with big budgets competing to be the least disappointing side of the season ended with a vital away win for Warrington, who remain firmly in the play-off hunt only thanks to Josh Thewlis’ late try.
STEVE BRADY
Denive Balmforth closed down by Joe Philbin and Matt Dufty
George Williams and Paul Vaughan celebrate
CATALANS DRAGONS 20 WARRINGTON WOLVES 24
Stade Gilbert Brutus, Saturday
Super League’s record-breaking expansionist French club against the perennial big-spending Wolves, with Sam Burgess at the helm, was always going to be an intriguing clash with both sides’ drastically-reduced ambitions now limited to having the least blushes at the end of disappointing campaigns.
The records broken this year for Catalans include record defeats and record losing runs, while Warrington’s ‘nearly men’ tag is destined to be maintained for another year unless they show significant improvement.